hisco

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (to yawn, gape) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
  2. (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
  3. (transitive) to speak, utter

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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