senesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From seneō (“I am old”) + -scō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈneːs.koː/, [s̠ɛˈneːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈnes.ko/, [seˈnɛsko]
Verb edit
senēscō (present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become aged, grow old, age
- (by extension) to decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle
- (figuratively, of an occupation) to grow old or gray in an occupation (i. e. linger too long.)
- to waste away, fall off, wane, decline
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References edit
- “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit