defetiscor
Latin
editEtymology
editSuperficially from dē- + fatīscō (“to split open, tire”), but de Vaan posits that dēfetīscor came first as a direct formation dē- + *fatis (“exhaustion”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.feˈtiːs.kor/, [d̪eːfɛˈt̪iːs̠kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.feˈtis.kor/, [d̪efeˈt̪iskor]
Verb
editdēfetīscor (present infinitive dēfetīscī, perfect active dēfessus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (intransitive) to become tired, grow weary, be exhausted
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “defetiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defetiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers