Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rūfus +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rūfēscō (present infinitive rūfēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to redden (become reddish)

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of rūfēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rūfēscō rūfēscis rūfēscit rūfēscimus rūfēscitis rūfēscunt
imperfect rūfēscēbam rūfēscēbās rūfēscēbat rūfēscēbāmus rūfēscēbātis rūfēscēbant
future rūfēscam rūfēscēs rūfēscet rūfēscēmus rūfēscētis rūfēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rūfēscam rūfēscās rūfēscat rūfēscāmus rūfēscātis rūfēscant
imperfect rūfēscerem rūfēscerēs rūfēsceret rūfēscerēmus rūfēscerētis rūfēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rūfēsce rūfēscite
future rūfēscitō rūfēscitō rūfēscitōte rūfēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives rūfēscere
participles rūfēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rūfēscendī rūfēscendō rūfēscendum rūfēscendō

References edit

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