Latin edit

Etymology edit

From pūbēs +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pūbēscō (present infinitive pūbēscere, perfect active pūbuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become pubescent
  2. to ripen, mature

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of pūbēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūbēscō pūbēscis pūbēscit pūbēscimus pūbēscitis pūbēscunt
imperfect pūbēscēbam pūbēscēbās pūbēscēbat pūbēscēbāmus pūbēscēbātis pūbēscēbant
future pūbēscam pūbēscēs pūbēscet pūbēscēmus pūbēscētis pūbēscent
perfect pūbuī pūbuistī pūbuit pūbuimus pūbuistis pūbuērunt,
pūbuēre
pluperfect pūbueram pūbuerās pūbuerat pūbuerāmus pūbuerātis pūbuerant
future perfect pūbuerō pūbueris pūbuerit pūbuerimus pūbueritis pūbuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūbēscam pūbēscās pūbēscat pūbēscāmus pūbēscātis pūbēscant
imperfect pūbēscerem pūbēscerēs pūbēsceret pūbēscerēmus pūbēscerētis pūbēscerent
perfect pūbuerim pūbuerīs pūbuerit pūbuerīmus pūbuerītis pūbuerint
pluperfect pūbuissem pūbuissēs pūbuisset pūbuissēmus pūbuissētis pūbuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pūbēsce pūbēscite
future pūbēscitō pūbēscitō pūbēscitōte pūbēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pūbēscere pūbuisse
participles pūbēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pūbēscendī pūbēscendō pūbēscendum pūbēscendō

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: pubescer

References edit

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