frondesco

Latin

Etymology

From frondeō (“I am leafy”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fronˈdeːs.koː/, [frɔn̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fronˈdes.ko/, [fron̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

frondēscō (present infinitive frondēscere, perfect active fronduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become leafy, leaf out, shoot, put forth greens

Conjugation

Conjugation of frondēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frondēscō	frondēscis	frondēscit	frondēscimus	frondēscitis	frondēscunt
	imperfect	frondēscēbam	frondēscēbās	frondēscēbat	frondēscēbāmus	frondēscēbātis	frondēscēbant
	future	frondēscam	frondēscēs	frondēscet	frondēscēmus	frondēscētis	frondēscent
	perfect	fronduī	fronduistī	fronduit	fronduimus	fronduistis	fronduērunt, fronduēre
	pluperfect	frondueram	fronduerās	fronduerat	fronduerāmus	fronduerātis	fronduerant
	future perfect	fronduerō	frondueris	fronduerit	fronduerimus	frondueritis	fronduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frondēscam	frondēscās	frondēscat	frondēscāmus	frondēscātis	frondēscant
	imperfect	frondēscerem	frondēscerēs	frondēsceret	frondēscerēmus	frondēscerētis	frondēscerent
	perfect	fronduerim	fronduerīs	fronduerit	fronduerīmus	fronduerītis	fronduerint
	pluperfect	fronduissem	fronduissēs	fronduisset	fronduissēmus	fronduissētis	fronduissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frondēsce	—	—	frondēscite	—
	future	—	frondēscitō	frondēscitō	—	frondēscitōte	frondēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frondēscere	fronduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		frondēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frondēscendī	frondēscendō	frondēscendum	frondēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• frondescentia
• frondescens

Descendants

• Aromanian: nfrãndzãscu
• Italian: frondescenza
• Portuguese: frondescer
• Romanian: înfrunzi

References

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