Latin edit

Etymology edit

From hiō (to yawn, gape) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
  2. (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
  3. (transitive) to speak, utter

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of hīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hīscō hīscis hīscit hīscimus hīscitis hīscunt
imperfect hīscēbam hīscēbās hīscēbat hīscēbāmus hīscēbātis hīscēbant
future hīscam hīscēs hīscet hīscēmus hīscētis hīscent
passive present hīscor hīsceris,
hīscere
hīscitur hīscimur hīsciminī hīscuntur
imperfect hīscēbar hīscēbāris,
hīscēbāre
hīscēbātur hīscēbāmur hīscēbāminī hīscēbantur
future hīscar hīscēris,
hīscēre
hīscētur hīscēmur hīscēminī hīscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hīscam hīscās hīscat hīscāmus hīscātis hīscant
imperfect hīscerem hīscerēs hīsceret hīscerēmus hīscerētis hīscerent
passive present hīscar hīscāris,
hīscāre
hīscātur hīscāmur hīscāminī hīscantur
imperfect hīscerer hīscerēris,
hīscerēre
hīscerētur hīscerēmur hīscerēminī hīscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hīsce hīscite
future hīscitō hīscitō hīscitōte hīscuntō
passive present hīscere hīsciminī
future hīscitor hīscitor hīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hīscere hīscī
participles hīscēns hīscendus,
hīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hīscendī hīscendō hīscendum hīscendō

Derived terms edit

References edit

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