LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

acēscō

acēscō (present infinitive acēscere, perfect active acuī)
Classical[aˈkeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[aˈt͡ʃɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to become sour, to turn sour

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.acēscōacēscēbamacēscamacuīacueramacuerō
2nd sg.acēscisacēscēbāsacēscēsacuistīacuerāsacueris
3rd sg.acēscitacēscēbatacēscetacuitacueratacuerit
1st pl.acēscimusacēscēbāmusacēscēmusacuimusacuerāmusacuerimus
2nd pl.acēscitisacēscēbātisacēscētisacuistisacuerātisacueritis
3rd pl.acēscuntacēscēbantacēscentacuērunt
acuēre		acuerantacuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.acēscamacēsceremacuerimacuissem
2nd sg.acēscāsacēscerēsacuerīsacuissēs
3rd sg.acēscatacēsceretacueritacuisset
1st pl.acēscāmusacēscerēmusacuerīmusacuissēmus
2nd pl.acēscātisacēscerētisacuerītisacuissētis
3rd pl.acēscantacēscerentacuerintacuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.acēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.acēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.acēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.acēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.acēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.acēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveacēscere—
perfect infinitiveacuisse—
present participleacēscēns—
gerundacēscendī, acēscendō, acēscendum

ăcesco, acui, 3,
I. v. inch. [aceo], to become sour, to turn sour: quodcumque infundis acescit, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54: lac, Plin. 20, 14, 53: musta, id. 7, 15, 13; id. 11, 16, 15, § 45; 11, 35, 41; Dig. 18, 1, 9, § 2 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinacēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin acēscō From aceō (“to be sour”) + -scō.

Quick answers

What does acēscō mean in Latin?
acēscō, a verb, means “to become sour, to turn sour”.
What are the principal parts of acēscō?
acēscō, acēscere, acuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce acēscō?
In classical Latin, [aˈkeːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈt͡ʃɛs.ko].
Where does acēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *akēō → Latin acēscō.