dulcesco

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

dulcēscō (present infinitive dulcēscere, perfect active dulcuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become sweet
    Antonym: amārēscō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dulcēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dulcēscō dulcēscis dulcēscit dulcēscimus dulcēscitis dulcēscunt
imperfect dulcēscēbam dulcēscēbās dulcēscēbat dulcēscēbāmus dulcēscēbātis dulcēscēbant
future dulcēscam dulcēscēs dulcēscet dulcēscēmus dulcēscētis dulcēscent
perfect dulcuī dulcuistī dulcuit dulcuimus dulcuistis dulcuērunt,
dulcuēre
pluperfect dulcueram dulcuerās dulcuerat dulcuerāmus dulcuerātis dulcuerant
future perfect dulcuerō dulcueris dulcuerit dulcuerimus dulcueritis dulcuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dulcēscam dulcēscās dulcēscat dulcēscāmus dulcēscātis dulcēscant
imperfect dulcēscerem dulcēscerēs dulcēsceret dulcēscerēmus dulcēscerētis dulcēscerent
perfect dulcuerim dulcuerīs dulcuerit dulcuerīmus dulcuerītis dulcuerint
pluperfect dulcuissem dulcuissēs dulcuisset dulcuissēmus dulcuissētis dulcuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dulcēsce — — dulcēscite —
future — dulcēscitō dulcēscitō — dulcēscitōte dulcēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dulcēscere — dulcēscēns —
perfect dulcuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dulcēscendī dulcēscendō dulcēscendum dulcēscendō — —

Descendants

(See also *indulcīre.)

References

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