LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

condēscendō

condēscendō (present infinitive condēscendere, perfect active condēscendī, supine condēscēnsum)
Classical[kɔn.deːsˈkɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[kon.deʃˈʃɛn.do]

Meaning

  1. to condescend
  2. to stoop

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.condēscendōcondēscendēbamcondēscendamcondēscendīcondēscenderamcondēscenderō
2nd sg.condēscendiscondēscendēbāscondēscendēscondēscendistīcondēscenderāscondēscenderis
3rd sg.condēscenditcondēscendēbatcondēscendetcondēscenditcondēscenderatcondēscenderit
1st pl.condēscendimuscondēscendēbāmuscondēscendēmuscondēscendimuscondēscenderāmuscondēscenderimus
2nd pl.condēscenditiscondēscendēbātiscondēscendētiscondēscendistiscondēscenderātiscondēscenderitis
3rd pl.condēscenduntcondēscendēbantcondēscendentcondēscendērunt
condēscendēre		condēscenderantcondēscenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.condēscendamcondēscenderemcondēscenderimcondēscendissem
2nd sg.condēscendāscondēscenderēscondēscenderīscondēscendissēs
3rd sg.condēscendatcondēscenderetcondēscenderitcondēscendisset
1st pl.condēscendāmuscondēscenderēmuscondēscenderīmuscondēscendissēmus
2nd pl.condēscendātiscondēscenderētiscondēscenderītiscondēscendissētis
3rd pl.condēscendantcondēscenderentcondēscenderintcondēscendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.condēscendorcondēscendēbarcondēscendar
2nd sg.condēscenderis
condēscendere		condēscendēbāris
condēscendēbāre		condēscendēris
condēscendēre
3rd sg.condēscenditurcondēscendēbāturcondēscendētur
1st pl.condēscendimurcondēscendēbāmurcondēscendēmur
2nd pl.condēscendiminīcondēscendēbāminīcondēscendēminī
3rd pl.condēscendunturcondēscendēbanturcondēscendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.condēscendarcondēscenderer
2nd sg.condēscendāris
condēscendāre		condēscenderēris
condēscenderēre
3rd sg.condēscendāturcondēscenderētur
1st pl.condēscendāmurcondēscenderēmur
2nd pl.condēscendāminīcondēscenderēminī
3rd pl.condēscendanturcondēscenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.condēscendecondēscendere
pres. 2nd pl.condēscenditecondēscendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.condēscenditōcondēscenditor
fut. 3rd sg.condēscenditōcondēscenditor
fut. 2nd pl.condēscenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.condēscenduntōcondēscenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecondēscenderecondēscendī
perfect infinitivecondēscendissecondēscēnsum esse
future infinitivecondēscēnsūrum essecondēscēnsum īrī
present participlecondēscendēns—
perfect participle—condēscēnsus
condēscēnsa, condēscēnsā, condēscēnsae, condēscēnsam, condēscēnsārum, condēscēnsās, condēscēnse, condēscēnsī, condēscēnsīs, condēscēnsō, condēscēnsōrum, condēscēnsōs
future participlecondēscēnsūrus
condēscēnsūra, condēscēnsūrā, condēscēnsūrae, condēscēnsūram, condēscēnsūrārum, condēscēnsūrās, condēscēnsūre, condēscēnsūrī, condēscēnsūrīs, condēscēnsūrō, condēscēnsūrōrum, condēscēnsūrōs, condēscēnsūrum		condēscendendus
condēscendundus, condēscendenda, condēscendendā, condēscendendae, condēscendendam, condēscendendārum, condēscendendās, condēscendende, condēscendendīs, condēscendendōrum, condēscendendōs
gerundcondēscendendī, condēscendendō, condēscendendumsupinecondēscēnsum, condēscēnsū

con-dēscendo, ĕre, no
I. perf., 3, v. n., to stoop, let one's self down, to condescend (eccl. Lat.): alicui, Cassiod. Var. 11, 16; id. Amic. 8, 4: ad alicujus inscitiam, Ambros. Cant. Cantic. 6, 9.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Italic *skandō Latin scandō Latin dēscendō Latin condēscendō From con- + dēscendō.

Descendants
  • Catalancondescendir
  • Englishcondescend
  • Frenchcondescendre
  • Italiancondiscendere
  • Portuguesecondescender
  • Spanishcondescender

In English words that came into English from condēscendō

  • condescendcondēscendere
  • condescensioncondēscēnsiō
  • condescendencecondescendere

Quick answers

What does condēscendō mean in Latin?
condēscendō, a verb, means “to condescend; to stoop”.
What are the principal parts of condēscendō?
condēscendō, condēscendere, condēscendī, condēscēnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce condēscendō?
In classical Latin, [kɔn.deːsˈkɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.deʃˈʃɛn.do].
Where does condēscendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin condēscendō.
Which English words come from condēscendō?
English words that go back to Latin condēscendō include condescend, condescendence and condescension.