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

dulcēscō

dulcēscō (present infinitive dulcēscere, perfect active dulcuī)

Meaning

  1. to become sweet

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dulcēscōdulcēscēbamdulcēscamdulcuīdulcueramdulcuerō
2nd sg.dulcēscisdulcēscēbāsdulcēscēsdulcuistīdulcuerāsdulcueris
3rd sg.dulcēscitdulcēscēbatdulcēscetdulcuitdulcueratdulcuerit
1st pl.dulcēscimusdulcēscēbāmusdulcēscēmusdulcuimusdulcuerāmusdulcuerimus
2nd pl.dulcēscitisdulcēscēbātisdulcēscētisdulcuistisdulcuerātisdulcueritis
3rd pl.dulcēscuntdulcēscēbantdulcēscentdulcuērunt
dulcuēre
dulcuerantdulcuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dulcēscamdulcēsceremdulcuerimdulcuissem
2nd sg.dulcēscāsdulcēscerēsdulcuerīsdulcuissēs
3rd sg.dulcēscatdulcēsceretdulcueritdulcuisset
1st pl.dulcēscāmusdulcēscerēmusdulcuerīmusdulcuissēmus
2nd pl.dulcēscātisdulcēscerētisdulcuerītisdulcuissētis
3rd pl.dulcēscantdulcēscerentdulcuerintdulcuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dulcēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.dulcēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.dulcēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.dulcēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.dulcēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dulcēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedulcēscere—
perfect infinitivedulcuisse
dulcēscisse
—
present participledulcēscēns—
gerunddulcēscendī, dulcēscendō, dulcēscendum

dulcesco, dulcui, 3,
I. v. inch. n. [id.], to become sweet, Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 127; 31, 7, 41, § 70; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 23.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin dulcēscō From dulcis (“sweet”) + -ēscō.

Quick answers

What does dulcēscō mean in Latin?
dulcēscō, a verb, means “to become sweet”.
What are the principal parts of dulcēscō?
dulcēscō, dulcēscere, dulcuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).