lentesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
lentus (“sticky, sluggish, pliant”) + -scō
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lenˈteːs.koː/, [ɫ̪ɛn̪ˈt̪eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lenˈtes.ko/, [len̪ˈt̪ɛsko]
Verb edit
lentēscō (present infinitive lentēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to become viscous or sticky, soften
- (intransitive, by extension) to slacken, relax
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “lentesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lentesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers