verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
labāscō
labāscō (present infinitive labāscere)
Meaning
- to totter (begin to fall)
- to waver, yield
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | labāscō | labāscēbam | labāscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | labāscis | labāscēbās | labāscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | labāscit | labāscēbat | labāscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | labāscimus | labāscēbāmus | labāscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | labāscitis | labāscēbātis | labāscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | labāscunt | labāscēbant | labāscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | labāscam | labāscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | labāscās | labāscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | labāscat | labāsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | labāscāmus | labāscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | labāscātis | labāscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | labāscant | labāscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | labāsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | labāscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | labāscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | labāscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | labāscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | labāscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | labāscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | labascisse | — |
| present participle | labāscēns | — |
gerundlabāscendī, labāscendō, labāscendum
lăbasco, ĕre,
I. v. n. inch., and lăba-scor, ci, v. dep. labo, to totter, be ready to fall (ante-and post-class.).
I. Lit.:
quod crebro tunditur ictu, vincitur in longo spatio tamen atque labascit, Lucr. 4, 1285; 1, 537.—II. Trop., to waver, give way, yield. —Form labascor, Att. ap. Non. 473, 9:
postquam vidit misericordia labasci mentem infirmam populi, Varr. ib. 473, 11.—Form labasco: leno labascit, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 38: labascit victus uno verbo, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98; id. Ad. 2, 2, 31: animum vi quadam nova ictum labascere, Gell. 15, 2, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
labāscō —, —, ere, inch.
labo, to waver, yield : Labascit victus uno verbo, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin labāscō From labō (“to totter/decline”) + -scō (inchoative).