Latin

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Etymology

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From ignis +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ignēscō (present infinitive ignēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to begin to burn; kindle, catch fire
  2. to become inflamed (with passion)

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of ignēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ignēscō ignēscis ignēscit ignēscimus ignēscitis ignēscunt
imperfect ignēscēbam ignēscēbās ignēscēbat ignēscēbāmus ignēscēbātis ignēscēbant
future ignēscam ignēscēs ignēscet ignēscēmus ignēscētis ignēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ignēscam ignēscās ignēscat ignēscāmus ignēscātis ignēscant
imperfect ignēscerem ignēscerēs ignēsceret ignēscerēmus ignēscerētis ignēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ignēsce ignēscite
future ignēscitō ignēscitō ignēscitōte ignēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ignēscere
participles ignēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ignēscendī ignēscendō ignēscendum ignēscendō

References

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  • ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ignesco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ignesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.