Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dulcis (sweet) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb edit

dulcēscō (present infinitive dulcēscere, perfect active dulcuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become sweet
    Antonym: amārēscō

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dulcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dulcēscō dulcēscis dulcēscit dulcēscimus dulcēscitis dulcēscunt
imperfect dulcēscēbam dulcēscēbās dulcēscēbat dulcēscēbāmus dulcēscēbātis dulcēscēbant
future dulcēscam dulcēscēs dulcēscet dulcēscēmus dulcēscētis dulcēscent
perfect dulcuī dulcuistī dulcuit dulcuimus dulcuistis dulcuērunt,
dulcuēre
pluperfect dulcueram dulcuerās dulcuerat dulcuerāmus dulcuerātis dulcuerant
future perfect dulcuerō dulcueris dulcuerit dulcuerimus dulcueritis dulcuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dulcēscam dulcēscās dulcēscat dulcēscāmus dulcēscātis dulcēscant
imperfect dulcēscerem dulcēscerēs dulcēsceret dulcēscerēmus dulcēscerētis dulcēscerent
perfect dulcuerim dulcuerīs dulcuerit dulcuerīmus dulcuerītis dulcuerint
pluperfect dulcuissem dulcuissēs dulcuisset dulcuissēmus dulcuissētis dulcuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dulcēsce dulcēscite
future dulcēscitō dulcēscitō dulcēscitōte dulcēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dulcēscere dulcuisse
participles dulcēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dulcēscendī dulcēscendō dulcēscendum dulcēscendō

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

(See also *indulcīre.)

References edit

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