Latin edit

Etymology edit

From aceō (I am sour) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

acēscō (present infinitive acēscere, perfect active acuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become sour, to turn sour

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of acēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acēscō acēscis acēscit acēscimus acēscitis acēscunt
imperfect acēscēbam acēscēbās acēscēbat acēscēbāmus acēscēbātis acēscēbant
future acēscam acēscēs acēscet acēscēmus acēscētis acēscent
perfect acuī acuistī acuit acuimus acuistis acuērunt,
acuēre
pluperfect acueram acuerās acuerat acuerāmus acuerātis acuerant
future perfect acuerō acueris acuerit acuerimus acueritis acuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acēscam acēscās acēscat acēscāmus acēscātis acēscant
imperfect acēscerem acēscerēs acēsceret acēscerēmus acēscerētis acēscerent
perfect acuerim acuerīs acuerit acuerīmus acuerītis acuerint
pluperfect acuissem acuissēs acuisset acuissēmus acuissētis acuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acēsce acēscite
future acēscitō acēscitō acēscitōte acēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acēscere acuisse
participles acēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
acēscendī acēscendō acēscendum acēscendō

Derived terms edit

References edit

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