verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
marcēscō
marcēscō (present infinitive marcēscere)
Classical[marˈkeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[marˈt͡ʃɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to begin to wither, pine away; to grow feeble
- to pine or languish
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
languēscō ut flōsmarcēscō -ere (commarcuī) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | marcēscō | marcēscēbam | marcēscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | marcēscis | marcēscēbās | marcēscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | marcēscit | marcēscēbat | marcēscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | marcēscimus | marcēscēbāmus | marcēscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | marcēscitis | marcēscēbātis | marcēscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | marcēscunt | marcēscēbant | marcēscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | marcēscam | marcēscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | marcēscās | marcēscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | marcēscat | marcēsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | marcēscāmus | marcēscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | marcēscātis | marcēscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | marcēscant | marcēscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | marcēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | marcēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | marcēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | marcēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | marcēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | marcēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | marcēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | marcescisse | — |
| present participle | marcēscēns marcēscente, marcēscentem, marcēscentēs, marcēscentī, marcēscentia, marcēscentibus, marcēscentis, marcēscentīs, marcēscentium | — |
| future participle | — | marcescenda marcescendā, marcescendae, marcescendam, marcescendārum, marcescendās, marcescende, marcescendīs, marcescendōrum, marcescendōs, marcescendus |
gerundmarcēscendī, marcēscendō, marcēscendum
marcesco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.:
fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218: quae spectatissime florent, celerrime marcescunt, id. 21, 1, 1, § 2: calamus, Vulg. Isa. 19, 6.—II. Transf., to become weak, feeble, powerless, to pine or waste away, languish:
marcescens celerius nominis sui flore, fading, Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125: alia genera pecorum morbo et languoribus marcescunt, Col. 7, 7, 1: senio vires, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 81: vino, Ov. P. 1, 5, 45: equitem marcescere desidia, Liv. 28, 35, 3: marcescere otii situ, id. 33, 45, 7: otio, id. 35, 35, 9: otia per somnos, Ov. P. 2, 9, 61: dives, Vulg. Jac. 1, 11.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
marcēscō —, —, ere, inch.
marceo, to become weak, grow feeble, pine away, waste, languish : vino, O.: desidiā, L.: oti situ, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin marcēscō From marceō (“to wither”) + -scō.
In English words that came into English from marcēscō
- marcescentmarcescens