languesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From langueō (“I am weak”) + -scō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lanˈɡʷeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪äŋˈɡʷeːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lanˈɡwes.ko/, [läŋˈɡwɛsko]
Verb edit
languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langŭī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- >? Portuguese: languescer
References edit
- “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- languesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
- (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere