extimesco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ timeō (“fear”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.stiˈmeːs.koː/, [ɛks̠t̪ɪˈmeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.stiˈmes.ko/, [ekst̪iˈmɛsko]

Verb

extimēscō (present infinitive extimēscere, perfect active extimuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to be greatly frightened

   Synonyms: timeō, vereor, trepidō

2. (transitive) to dread

Conjugation

Conjugation of extimēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extimēscō	extimēscis	extimēscit	extimēscimus	extimēscitis	extimēscunt
	imperfect	extimēscēbam	extimēscēbās	extimēscēbat	extimēscēbāmus	extimēscēbātis	extimēscēbant
	future	extimēscam	extimēscēs	extimēscet	extimēscēmus	extimēscētis	extimēscent
	perfect	extimuī	extimuistī	extimuit	extimuimus	extimuistis	extimuērunt, extimuēre
	pluperfect	extimueram	extimuerās	extimuerat	extimuerāmus	extimuerātis	extimuerant
	future perfect	extimuerō	extimueris	extimuerit	extimuerimus	extimueritis	extimuerint
passive	present	extimēscor	extimēsceris, extimēscere	extimēscitur	extimēscimur	extimēsciminī	extimēscuntur
	imperfect	extimēscēbar	extimēscēbāris, extimēscēbāre	extimēscēbātur	extimēscēbāmur	extimēscēbāminī	extimēscēbantur
	future	extimēscar	extimēscēris, extimēscēre	extimēscētur	extimēscēmur	extimēscēminī	extimēscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extimēscam	extimēscās	extimēscat	extimēscāmus	extimēscātis	extimēscant
	imperfect	extimēscerem	extimēscerēs	extimēsceret	extimēscerēmus	extimēscerētis	extimēscerent
	perfect	extimuerim	extimuerīs	extimuerit	extimuerīmus	extimuerītis	extimuerint
	pluperfect	extimuissem	extimuissēs	extimuisset	extimuissēmus	extimuissētis	extimuissent
passive	present	extimēscar	extimēscāris, extimēscāre	extimēscātur	extimēscāmur	extimēscāminī	extimēscantur
	imperfect	extimēscerer	extimēscerēris, extimēscerēre	extimēscerētur	extimēscerēmur	extimēscerēminī	extimēscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	extimēsce	—	—	extimēscite	—
	future	—	extimēscitō	extimēscitō	—	extimēscitōte	extimēscuntō
passive	present	—	extimēscere	—	—	extimēsciminī	—
	future	—	extimēscitor	extimēscitor	—	—	extimēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		extimēscere	extimuisse	—	extimēscī	—	—
participles		extimēscēns	—	—	—	—	extimēscendus, extimēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		extimēscendī	extimēscendō	extimēscendum	extimēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• timeō

References

• “extimesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extimesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extimesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.