sordesco

Latin

Etymology

From sordeō (“I am dirty”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sorˈdeːs.koː/, [s̠ɔrˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sorˈdes.ko/, [sorˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

sordēscō (present infinitive sordēscere, perfect active sorduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become dirty

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with sordeō.

Conjugation of sordēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sordēscō	sordēscis	sordēscit	sordēscimus	sordēscitis	sordēscunt
	imperfect	sordēscēbam	sordēscēbās	sordēscēbat	sordēscēbāmus	sordēscēbātis	sordēscēbant
	future	sordēscam	sordēscēs	sordēscet	sordēscēmus	sordēscētis	sordēscent
	perfect	sorduī	sorduistī	sorduit	sorduimus	sorduistis	sorduērunt, sorduēre
	pluperfect	sordueram	sorduerās	sorduerat	sorduerāmus	sorduerātis	sorduerant
	future perfect	sorduerō	sordueris	sorduerit	sorduerimus	sordueritis	sorduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sordēscam	sordēscās	sordēscat	sordēscāmus	sordēscātis	sordēscant
	imperfect	sordēscerem	sordēscerēs	sordēsceret	sordēscerēmus	sordēscerētis	sordēscerent
	perfect	sorduerim	sorduerīs	sorduerit	sorduerīmus	sorduerītis	sorduerint
	pluperfect	sorduissem	sorduissēs	sorduisset	sorduissēmus	sorduissētis	sorduissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sordēsce	—	—	sordēscite	—
	future	—	sordēscitō	sordēscitō	—	sordēscitōte	sordēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sordēscere	sorduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		sordēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sordēscendī	sordēscendō	sordēscendum	sordēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• sordeō
• sordēs
• sordicula
• sordidātus
• sordidē
• sordidō
• sordidulus
• sordidus
• sorditiēs
• sorditūdō
• sordulentus

References

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