verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
fatīscō
fatīscō (present infinitive fatīscere)
Classical[faˈtiːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[faˈtis.ko]
Meaning
- to gape; to yawn; to crack; to split open
[...] laxīs laterum compāgibus, omnēs
With the seams of their sides having been loosened, all [the ships] let in lethal stormwater, and with cracks split open. (The storm at sea destroys the Trojan fleet.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.122–123 - to droop; to grow weak
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dēbilis fīō, dēficiōfatīscō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fatīscō | fatīscēbam | fatīscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fatīscis | fatīscēbās | fatīscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fatīscit | fatīscēbat | fatīscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fatīscimus | fatīscēbāmus | fatīscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fatīscitis | fatīscēbātis | fatīscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fatīscunt | fatīscēbant | fatīscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fatīscam | fatīscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fatīscās | fatīscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fatīscat | fatīsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fatīscāmus | fatīscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fatīscātis | fatīscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fatīscant | fatīscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | fatīsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | fatīscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | fatīscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | fatīscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | fatīscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | fatīscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | fatīscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | fatiscisse | — |
| present participle | fatīscēns | — |
| future participle | — | fatiscenda fatiscendā, fatiscendae, fatiscendam, fatiscendārum, fatiscendās, fatiscende, fatiscendīs, fatiscendōrum, fatiscendōs, fatiscendus |
gerundfatīscendī, fatīscendō, fatīscendum
fătisco, ĕre, v. n. (ante-class. in the
I. dep. form fătiscor, ci; v. the foll.) [cf. Gr. χάτις, χατιζω; Lat. fatigo, fessus, adfatim; for the f = χ, cf. Gr. χυ, χέω, χεύσω; Lat. fundo, fons], to open in chinks or clefts, to gape or crack open, to fall apart, tumble to pieces (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.:
(naves) laxis laterum compagibus omnes Accipiunt inimicum imbrem rimisque fatiscunt, Verg. A. 1, 123: saxis solida aera fatiscunt, id. ib. 9, 809: area neu pulvere victa fatiscat, id. G. 1, 180: (pinguis tellus) haud umquam manibus jactata fatiscit, id. ib. 2, 249: viscera flammis (with torreri), Ov. M. 7, 554: heu canimus frustra, nec verbis victa fatiscit Janua, Tib. 1, 5, 67 (Müll. patescit): camelo ungues in longiore itinere sine calceatu fatiscunt, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.—(b). In the dep. form:
non delubra deum simulacraque fessa fatisci? Lucr. 5, 308.—II. Trop., to grow weak, become exhausted, to droop, faint, decrease (ante-class. in the dep. form):
solum segetibus fatiscit, Col. 2, 13, 3: scrofa celerrime fatiscit, quae plures educat, id. 7, 9 fin.: ipse exercitusque per inopiam et labores fatiscebant, Tac. A. 14, 24: scriptores dum copia fatiscunt, id. ib. 6, 7: viri in segnitiem, Val. Fl. 3, 395: manibusque nesciis fatiscere, Tac. A. 16, 5: donec fatisceret seditio, id. H. 3, 10.— Poet., with inf.: exsatiata fatiscet Mater Achilleis hiemes affringere bustis, Stat. S. 5, 1, 35.—(b). In the dep. form:
aevo, Lucr. 3, 458: altera irā, altera vulneribus fatiscuntur, Varr. ap. Non. 479, 13; Pac. ib. 307, 12; Att. ib. 10 and 479, 10 and 14; Fronto, Princ. Hist. p. 318 ed. Mai.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fatīscō —, —, ere
* fatis; 2 FA-, to open in chinks, fall apart, tumble to pieces : (naves) rimis fatiscunt, V.: Area ne pulvere victa fatiscat, V.: ianua, opens , Tb.—Fig., to grow weak, become exhausted, droop, faint : donec fatisceret seditio, Ta.: copiā (scriptores), Ta.
Origins
From *fatis (“weariness”).