Latin edit

Etymology edit

From spūma (foam, froth) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

spūmēscō (present infinitive spūmēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to grow foamy or frothy
  2. to begin to foam or froth

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of spūmēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spūmēscō spūmēscis spūmēscit spūmēscimus spūmēscitis spūmēscunt
imperfect spūmēscēbam spūmēscēbās spūmēscēbat spūmēscēbāmus spūmēscēbātis spūmēscēbant
future spūmēscam spūmēscēs spūmēscet spūmēscēmus spūmēscētis spūmēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spūmēscam spūmēscās spūmēscat spūmēscāmus spūmēscātis spūmēscant
imperfect spūmēscerem spūmēscerēs spūmēsceret spūmēscerēmus spūmēscerētis spūmēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spūmēsce spūmēscite
future spūmēscitō spūmēscitō spūmēscitōte spūmēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives spūmēscere
participles spūmēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spūmēscendī spūmēscendō spūmēscendum spūmēscendō

References edit

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