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

computrēscō

computrēscō (present infinitive computrēscere, perfect active computruī)
Classical[kɔm.pʊˈtreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[kom.puˈtrɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to putrefy, decay, rot

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.computrēscōcomputrēscēbamcomputrēscamcomputruīcomputrueramcomputruerō
2nd sg.computrēsciscomputrēscēbāscomputrēscēscomputruistīcomputruerāscomputrueris
3rd sg.computrēscitcomputrēscēbatcomputrēscetcomputruitcomputrueratcomputruerit
1st pl.computrēscimuscomputrēscēbāmuscomputrēscēmuscomputruimuscomputruerāmuscomputruerimus
2nd pl.computrēscitiscomputrēscēbātiscomputrēscētiscomputruistiscomputruerātiscomputrueritis
3rd pl.computrēscuntcomputrēscēbantcomputrēscentcomputruērunt
computruēre		computruerantcomputruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.computrēscamcomputrēsceremcomputruerimcomputruissem
2nd sg.computrēscāscomputrēscerēscomputruerīscomputruissēs
3rd sg.computrēscatcomputrēsceretcomputrueritcomputruisset
1st pl.computrēscāmuscomputrēscerēmuscomputruerīmuscomputruissēmus
2nd pl.computrēscātiscomputrēscerētiscomputruerītiscomputruissētis
3rd pl.computrēscantcomputrēscerentcomputruerintcomputruissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.computrēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.computrēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.computrēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.computrēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.computrēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.computrēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecomputrēscere—
perfect infinitivecomputruisse—
present participlecomputrēscēns—
gerundcomputrēscendī, computrēscendō, computrēscendum

com-pū^tresco (conp-), trŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n., to become wholly putrid, to putrefy, rot (very rare; not in Cic.): Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 86; Col. 5, 10, 7; Plin. 32, 7, 23, § 67 (Sillig, conputuere).—Per tmesin: artus pereunt conque putrescunt, Lucr. 3, 343.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincomputrēscō

Latin putrēscō Latin computrēscō From con- + putrēscō.

Quick answers

What does computrēscō mean in Latin?
computrēscō, a verb, means “to putrefy, decay, rot”.
What are the principal parts of computrēscō?
computrēscō, computrēscere, computruī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce computrēscō?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.pʊˈtreːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.puˈtrɛs.ko].
Where does computrēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin computrēscō.