LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

lutēscō

lutēscō (present infinitive lutēscere)

Meaning

  1. to become muddy

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.lutēscōlutēscēbamlutēscam———
2nd sg.lutēscislutēscēbāslutēscēs———
3rd sg.lutēscitlutēscēbatlutēscet———
1st pl.lutēscimuslutēscēbāmuslutēscēmus———
2nd pl.lutēscitislutēscēbātislutēscētis———
3rd pl.lutēscuntlutēscēbantlutēscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.lutēscamlutēscerem——
2nd sg.lutēscāslutēscerēs——
3rd sg.lutēscatlutēsceret——
1st pl.lutēscāmuslutēscerēmus——
2nd pl.lutēscātislutēscerētis——
3rd pl.lutēscantlutēscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.lutēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.lutēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.lutēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.lutēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.lutēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.lutēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivelutēscere—
perfect infinitivelutēscisse—
present participlelutēscēns
lutēscente, lutēscentem, lutēscentēs, lutēscentī, lutēscentia, lutēscentibus, lutēscentis, lutēscentīs, lutēscentium
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gerundlutēscendī, lutēscendō, lutēscendum

lŭtesco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [2. lutum], to turn to mud, become muddy: litora, quae limo caenoque lutescunt, Col. 8, 17, 9: cava terra lutescit, Furius Antias ap. Gell. 18, 11; id. ap. Non. 133, 26.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin lutēscō From lutum (“mud”) + -ēscō.

Quick answers

What does lutēscō mean in Latin?
lutēscō, a verb, means “to become muddy”.
What are the principal parts of lutēscō?
lutēscō, lutēscere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).