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

ēvānēscō

ēvānēscō (present infinitive ēvānēscere, perfect active ēvānuī)
Classical[eː.waːˈneːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[e.vaˈnɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to vanish, disappear, pass away
    [...] Tālī Cyllēnius ōre locūtus mortālis vīsus mediō sermōne relīquit, et procul in tenuem ex oculīs ēvānuit auram. Having uttered such [words] from his lips, the Cyllenian [god] – [still] in the midst of speaking – abandoned mortal visibility, and from before the eyes [of Aeneas, Mercury] vanished into thin air.(Mercury had been born on Mount Cyllene; his divine apparition appears suddenly, rebukes Aeneas, and disappears abruptly.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.276–278
  2. to fade away, or die out
  3. to lapse

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ēvānēscōēvānēscēbamēvānēscamēvānuīēvānueramēvānuerō
2nd sg.ēvānēscisēvānēscēbāsēvānēscēsēvānuistīēvānuerāsēvānueris
3rd sg.ēvānēscitēvānēscēbatēvānēscetēvānuitēvānueratēvānuerit
1st pl.ēvānēscimusēvānēscēbāmusēvānēscēmusēvānuimusēvānuerāmusēvānuerimus
2nd pl.ēvānēscitisēvānēscēbātisēvānēscētisēvānuistisēvānuerātisēvānueritis
3rd pl.ēvānēscuntēvānēscēbantēvānēscentēvānuērunt
ēvānuēre		ēvānuerantēvānuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ēvānēscamēvānēsceremēvānuerimēvānuissem
2nd sg.ēvānēscāsēvānēscerēsēvānuerīsēvānuissēs
3rd sg.ēvānēscatēvānēsceretēvānueritēvānuisset
1st pl.ēvānēscāmusēvānēscerēmusēvānuerīmusēvānuissēmus
2nd pl.ēvānēscātisēvānēscerētisēvānuerītisēvānuissētis
3rd pl.ēvānēscantēvānēscerentēvānuerintēvānuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ēvānēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.ēvānēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.ēvānēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.ēvānēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.ēvānēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ēvānēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveēvānēscere—
perfect infinitiveēvānuisse—
present participleēvānēscēns—
gerundēvānēscendī, ēvānēscendō, ēvānēscendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

illae sententiae evanuerunt
those views are out of date.
spes extenuatur et evanescit
hope is vanishing by degrees.
memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit
to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.

ē-vānesco, nŭi, 3 (
I. part. fut. evaniturus, Lact. 5, 4 fin.), v. inch. n., to vanish or pass away, to die away, to disappear (class.).
I. Lit.
1. In gen.: Bacchi cum flos evanuit (with diffugere in auras), Lucr. 3, 222: evanescere paulatim et decrescere pondus, id. 5, 536: evanescere stinguique colorem, id. 2, 828: pruna, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6: aquae, to evaporate, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24; cf.: vinum et salsamentum vetustate, i. e. to lose its strength, become vapid, Cic. Div. 2, 57: cornuaque extremae velut evanescere lunae, Ov. M. 2, 117 et saep.: et procul in tenuem ex oculis evanuit auram, Verg. A. 9, 658; Ov. M. 14, 432; id. F. 2, 509.—
2. Of persons who flee or hide themselves through fear, Flor. 3, 3, 18; Amm. 16, 6, 3. —
II. Trop.: ne cum poëta scriptura evanesceret, to die away, sink into oblivion, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; cf.: omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95: orationes, id. Brut. 27 fin.: Hortensius, id. ib. 94: sententiae Aristonis, Pyrrhonis (opp. stabilitatem habere), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85 et saep.: postea quam extenuari spem nostram et evanescere vidi, id. Att. 3, 13: rumor, Liv. 28, 25; 44, 31: fama, id. 33, 8: ingenium, id. 2, 48: omnis vis herbarum, Ov. M. 14, 356: bella per taedia et moras (opp. valida impetu), Tac. H. 2, 32: donatio, i. e. to lose its effect (opp. valere), Dig. 24, 1, 11, § 7; cf.: actio dotis, ib. 24, 3, 21: evanescunt haec atque emoriuntur comparatione meliorum, Quint. 12, 10, 75.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinēvānēscō

Latin ex- Latin vānēscō Latin ēvānēscō From ex- (“out of”) + vānēscō (“disappear”).

Elsewhere
  • Italiansvanirefrom Vulgar Latin *exvānīre
  • Catalanesvanirfrom Vulgar Latin *exvānīre
  • Englishevanesce
  • Spanishevanescer
  • Siciliansvanirifrom Vulgar Latin *exvānīre
  • Old Frenchesvanirfrom Vulgar Latin *exvānīre
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseesvaecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esvaecer
  • Portuguesedesvanecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esvaecer
  • Spanishdesvanecer
  • Aragoneseesvanexer
  • Asturianesvanecer
  • Galicianesvaecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esvaecer
  • Galiciandesvanecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esvaecer

Quick answers

What does ēvānēscō mean in Latin?
ēvānēscō, a verb, means “to vanish, disappear, pass away; to fade away, or die out; to lapse”.
What are the principal parts of ēvānēscō?
ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, ēvānuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce ēvānēscō?
In classical Latin, [eː.waːˈneːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.vaˈnɛs.ko].
Where does ēvānēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēvānēscō.