canesco

Latin

Etymology

From cāneō (“I am white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaːˈneːs.koː/, [käːˈneːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈnes.ko/, [käˈnɛsko]

Verb

cānēscō (present infinitive cānēscere, perfect active cānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to whiten, become white
2. to become grey or hoary
3. (figuratively) to grow old

Conjugation

Conjugation of cānēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cānēscō	cānēscis	cānēscit	cānēscimus	cānēscitis	cānēscunt
	imperfect	cānēscēbam	cānēscēbās	cānēscēbat	cānēscēbāmus	cānēscēbātis	cānēscēbant
	future	cānēscam	cānēscēs	cānēscet	cānēscēmus	cānēscētis	cānēscent
	perfect	cānuī	cānuistī	cānuit	cānuimus	cānuistis	cānuērunt, cānuēre
	pluperfect	cānueram	cānuerās	cānuerat	cānuerāmus	cānuerātis	cānuerant
	future perfect	cānuerō	cānueris	cānuerit	cānuerimus	cānueritis	cānuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cānēscam	cānēscās	cānēscat	cānēscāmus	cānēscātis	cānēscant
	imperfect	cānēscerem	cānēscerēs	cānēsceret	cānēscerēmus	cānēscerētis	cānēscerent
	perfect	cānuerim	cānuerīs	cānuerit	cānuerīmus	cānuerītis	cānuerint
	pluperfect	cānuissem	cānuissēs	cānuisset	cānuissēmus	cānuissētis	cānuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cānēsce	—	—	cānēscite	—
	future	—	cānēscitō	cānēscitō	—	cānēscitōte	cānēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cānēscere	cānuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		cānēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cānēscendī	cānēscendō	cānēscendum	cānēscendō	—	—

Synonyms

• (become white): albēscō

Derived terms

• incānēscō

Related terms

• cāneō
• cānus

Descendants

• Asturian: canecer
• French: chancir
• Spanish: canecer

References

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