LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

fluēscō

fluēscō (present infinitive fluēscere, perfect active fluēscī, supine fluēscum)
Classical[fɫuˈeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[fluˈɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinto become fluid, liquid; melt, dissolve
    ita diceremus in futuro saeculo futurum salem quem faceret ignis velut in aqua fluescere1972 translation by William M. Green If, instead, we should say that in the world to come there will be a kind of salt which fire would cause to melt, as our salt does in water354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, The City of God Against the Pagans 21.5

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.fluēscōfluēscēbamfluēscamfluēscīfluēsceramfluēscerō
2nd sg.fluēscisfluēscēbāsfluēscēsfluēscistīfluēscerāsfluēsceris
3rd sg.fluēscitfluēscēbatfluēscetfluēscitfluēsceratfluēscerit
1st pl.fluēscimusfluēscēbāmusfluēscēmusfluēscimusfluēscerāmusfluēscerimus
2nd pl.fluēscitisfluēscēbātisfluēscētisfluēscistisfluēscerātisfluēsceritis
3rd pl.fluēscuntfluēscēbantfluēscentfluēscērunt
fluēscēre
fluēscerantfluēscerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.fluēscamfluēsceremfluēscerimfluēscissem
2nd sg.fluēscāsfluēscerēsfluēscerīsfluēscissēs
3rd sg.fluēscatfluēsceretfluēsceritfluēscisset
1st pl.fluēscāmusfluēscerēmusfluēscerīmusfluēscissēmus
2nd pl.fluēscātisfluēscerētisfluēscerītisfluēscissētis
3rd pl.fluēscantfluēscerentfluēscerintfluēscissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.fluēscorfluēscēbarfluēscar
2nd sg.fluēsceris
fluēscere
fluēscēbāris
fluēscēbāre
fluēscēris
fluēscēre
3rd sg.fluēsciturfluēscēbāturfluēscētur
1st pl.fluēscimurfluēscēbāmurfluēscēmur
2nd pl.fluēsciminīfluēscēbāminīfluēscēminī
3rd pl.fluēscunturfluēscēbanturfluēscentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.fluēscarfluēscerer
2nd sg.fluēscāris
fluēscāre
fluēscerēris
fluēscerēre
3rd sg.fluēscāturfluēscerētur
1st pl.fluēscāmurfluēscerēmur
2nd pl.fluēscāminīfluēscerēminī
3rd pl.fluēscanturfluēscerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.fluēscefluēscere
pres. 2nd pl.fluēscitefluēsciminī
fut. 2nd sg.fluēscitōfluēscitor
fut. 3rd sg.fluēscitōfluēscitor
fut. 2nd pl.fluēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.fluēscuntōfluēscuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivefluēscerefluēscī
perfect infinitivefluēscissefluēscum esse
future infinitivefluēscūrum essefluēscum īrī
present participlefluēscēns—
perfect participle—fluēscus
future participlefluēscūrusfluēscendus
fluēscundus
gerundfluēscendī, fluēscendō, fluēscendumsupinefluēscum, fluēscū

flŭesco (or fluisco), ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [fluo], to become fluid, to melt, dissolve (late Lat.): salem in aqua fluescere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 5 fin.: nivem, id. ib. 7 med.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin fluēscō From fluō (“to flow”) + -ēscō.

Quick answers

What does fluēscō mean in Latin?
fluēscō, a verb, means “to become fluid, liquid; melt, dissolve”.
What are the principal parts of fluēscō?
fluēscō, fluēscere, fluēscī, fluēscum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce fluēscō?
In classical Latin, [fɫuˈeːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fluˈɛs.ko].