Latin edit

Etymology edit

lentus (sticky, sluggish, pliant) +‎ -scō

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lentēscō (present infinitive lentēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to become viscous or sticky, soften
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to slacken, relax

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of lentēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lentēscō lentēscis lentēscit lentēscimus lentēscitis lentēscunt
imperfect lentēscēbam lentēscēbās lentēscēbat lentēscēbāmus lentēscēbātis lentēscēbant
future lentēscam lentēscēs lentēscet lentēscēmus lentēscētis lentēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lentēscam lentēscās lentēscat lentēscāmus lentēscātis lentēscant
imperfect lentēscerem lentēscerēs lentēsceret lentēscerēmus lentēscerētis lentēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lentēsce lentēscite
future lentēscitō lentēscitō lentēscitōte lentēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lentēscere
participles lentēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lentēscendī lentēscendō lentēscendum lentēscendō

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