flaccesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• flaccīscō

Etymology

From flacceō (“to be flabby, flaccid”) +‎ -scō, from flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flakˈkeːs.koː/, [fɫ̪äkˈkeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flatˈt͡ʃes.ko/, [flätˈt͡ʃɛsko]

Verb

flaccēscō (present infinitive flaccēscere, perfect active flaccuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to wilt or wither, droop or languish
2. to (begin to) flag

Conjugation

Conjugation of flaccēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flaccēscō	flaccēscis	flaccēscit	flaccēscimus	flaccēscitis	flaccēscunt
	imperfect	flaccēscēbam	flaccēscēbās	flaccēscēbat	flaccēscēbāmus	flaccēscēbātis	flaccēscēbant
	future	flaccēscam	flaccēscēs	flaccēscet	flaccēscēmus	flaccēscētis	flaccēscent
	perfect	flaccuī	flaccuistī	flaccuit	flaccuimus	flaccuistis	flaccuērunt, flaccuēre
	pluperfect	flaccueram	flaccuerās	flaccuerat	flaccuerāmus	flaccuerātis	flaccuerant
	future perfect	flaccuerō	flaccueris	flaccuerit	flaccuerimus	flaccueritis	flaccuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flaccēscam	flaccēscās	flaccēscat	flaccēscāmus	flaccēscātis	flaccēscant
	imperfect	flaccēscerem	flaccēscerēs	flaccēsceret	flaccēscerēmus	flaccēscerētis	flaccēscerent
	perfect	flaccuerim	flaccuerīs	flaccuerit	flaccuerīmus	flaccuerītis	flaccuerint
	pluperfect	flaccuissem	flaccuissēs	flaccuisset	flaccuissēmus	flaccuissētis	flaccuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flaccēsce	—	—	flaccēscite	—
	future	—	flaccēscitō	flaccēscitō	—	flaccēscitōte	flaccēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flaccēscere	flaccuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		flaccēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flaccēscendī	flaccēscendō	flaccēscendum	flaccēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• flacceō

References

• “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flaccesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• flaccesco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016