macesco

Latin

Etymology

From maceō (“I am lean, meagre”) +‎ -scō.

Verb

macēscō (present infinitive macēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become thin, lean
2. to become meagre
3. to wither (of plants)

Conjugation

Conjugation of macēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	macēscō	macēscis	macēscit	macēscimus	macēscitis	macēscunt
	imperfect	macēscēbam	macēscēbās	macēscēbat	macēscēbāmus	macēscēbātis	macēscēbant
	future	macēscam	macēscēs	macēscet	macēscēmus	macēscētis	macēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	macēscam	macēscās	macēscat	macēscāmus	macēscātis	macēscant
	imperfect	macēscerem	macēscerēs	macēsceret	macēscerēmus	macēscerētis	macēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	macēsce	—	—	macēscite	—
	future	—	macēscitō	macēscitō	—	macēscitōte	macēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		macēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		macēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		macēscendī	macēscendō	macēscendum	macēscendō	—	—

References

• “macesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.