convalesco

See also: convalesço

Latin

Alternative forms

• convaleō (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From con- (intensive prefix) +‎ valēscō (“I become strong”), from valeō (“I am strong”) +‎ -scō (suffix forming inchoative verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.u̯aˈleːs.koː/, [kɔnu̯äˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.vaˈles.ko/, [koɱväˈlɛsko]

Verb

convalēscō (present infinitive convalēscere, perfect active convaluī, supine convalitum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to recover (from an illness); to gain strength

Conjugation

Conjugation of convalēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convalēscō	convalēscis	convalēscit	convalēscimus	convalēscitis	convalēscunt
	imperfect	convalēscēbam	convalēscēbās	convalēscēbat	convalēscēbāmus	convalēscēbātis	convalēscēbant
	future	convalēscam	convalēscēs	convalēscet	convalēscēmus	convalēscētis	convalēscent
	perfect	convaluī	convaluistī	convaluit	convaluimus	convaluistis	convaluērunt, convaluēre
	pluperfect	convalueram	convaluerās	convaluerat	convaluerāmus	convaluerātis	convaluerant
	future perfect	convaluerō	convalueris	convaluerit	convaluerimus	convalueritis	convaluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convalēscam	convalēscās	convalēscat	convalēscāmus	convalēscātis	convalēscant
	imperfect	convalēscerem	convalēscerēs	convalēsceret	convalēscerēmus	convalēscerētis	convalēscerent
	perfect	convaluerim	convaluerīs	convaluerit	convaluerīmus	convaluerītis	convaluerint
	pluperfect	convaluissem	convaluissēs	convaluisset	convaluissēmus	convaluissētis	convaluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	convalēsce	—	—	convalēscite	—
	future	—	convalēscitō	convalēscitō	—	convalēscitōte	convalēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		convalēscere	convaluisse	convalitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		convalēscēns	—	convalitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		convalēscendī	convalēscendō	convalēscendum	convalēscendō	convalitum	convalitū

The supine stem (in the form of the future active participle convalitūrus) is only attested in Medieval Latin.

Descendants

• → English: convalesce
• Spanish: convalecer; convalecencia
• Italian: convalescenza
• Occitan: convalescencia
• Portuguese: convalescer; convalescença

• French: convalescent
  • → English: convalescent

• Latin: convalēscentia (“regaining of health”)
  • → German: Konvaleszenz
  • Middle French: convalescence
    • English: convalescence
  • → French: convalescence (learned)

References

• “convalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• convalesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to recover from a disease: ex morbo convalescere (not reconvalescere)