verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
languēscō
languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langüī)
Classical[ɫaŋˈɡʷeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[laŋˈɡʷɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to become faint, feeble, weak, languid or sick; to languish
- to wilt
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vīrēs āmittōlanguēscō -ere — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 15
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | languēscō | languēscēbam | languēscam | langüī | langüeram | langüerō |
| 2nd sg. | languēscis | languēscēbās | languēscēs | langüistī | langüerās | langüeris |
| 3rd sg. | languēscit | languēscēbat | languēscet | langüit | langüerat | langüerit |
| 1st pl. | languēscimus | languēscēbāmus | languēscēmus | langüimus | langüerāmus | langüerimus |
| 2nd pl. | languēscitis | languēscēbātis | languēscētis | langüistis | langüerātis | langüeritis |
| 3rd pl. | languēscunt | languēscēbant | languēscent | langüērunt langüēre | langüerant | langüerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | languēscam | languēscerem | langüerim | langüissem |
| 2nd sg. | languēscās | languēscerēs | langüerīs | langüissēs |
| 3rd sg. | languēscat | languēsceret | langüerit | langüisset |
| 1st pl. | languēscāmus | languēscerēmus | langüerīmus | langüissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | languēscātis | languēscerētis | langüerītis | langüissētis |
| 3rd pl. | languēscant | languēscerent | langüerint | langüissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | languēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | languēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | languēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | languēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | languēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | languēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | languēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | langüisse languescisse | — |
| present participle | languēscēns | — |
gerundlanguēscendī, languēscendō, languēscendum
languesco, gŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n. [langueo], to become faint, weak, languid (class.; syn.: torpesco, marcesco).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
corpore languescit, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 65: orator metuo ne languescat senectute, id. de Sen. 9, 28: corpora, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39; Plin. Pan. 18: vites languescunt, Plin. 18, 15, 37, § 138: cum flos, succisus aratro, languescit moriens, droops, withers, Verg. A. 9, 436: Bacchus in amphora Languescit, becomes mild or mellow, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34: luna languescit, becomes obscured, Tac. A. 1, 28: color in luteum languescens, inclining to, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.—B. In partic., to be enfeebled by disease, to be ill, to languish (poet. and post-Aug.):
nec mea languescent corpora, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39: ter omnino per quatuordecim annos languit, Suet. Ner. 51.—II. Trop., to grow languid, listless, or inactive, to decline, decrease:
consensus populi, si nos languescimus debilitetur necesse est, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 4: Martia legio hoc nuntio languescet et mollietur, id. ib. 12, 3, 8: quare non est, cur eorum spes infringatur aut languescat industria, should relax, id. Or. 2, 6: militaria studia, are on the decline, Plin. Pan. 18: affectus omnes, Quint. 11, 3, 2: mens languescit, id. 1, 2, 18: omnium rerum cupido languescit, cum facilis occasio est, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 1: paulatim atrocibus irae languescunt animis, Sil. 13, 325: illa rabies languit, Luc. 7, 246.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
languēscō guī, —, ere, inch.
langueo, to become faint, grow weak, sink, be enfeebled : corpore languescit: luna languescit, is obscured , Ta.: cum flos Languescit moriens, droops , V.: Bacchus in amphorā Languescit, mellows , H.: Nec mea languescent corpora, languish , O.—Fig., to grow languid, become listless, sink, decline, decrease : consensus populi, si nos languescimus, debilitetur necesse est: crescunt ignisque dolorque, Languescunt iterum, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der. Latin langueō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin languēscō From langueō (“to be weak”) + -scō.
Descendants
- Englishlanguish
- Portugueselanguescer