verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
mītēscō
mītēscō (present infinitive mītēscere)
Classical[miːˈteːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[miˈtɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to become mild or mellow
- to ripen (of fruits)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mītis fīōmītēscō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 8
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mītēscō | mītēscēbam | mītēscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mītēscis | mītēscēbās | mītēscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mītēscit | mītēscēbat | mītēscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mītēscimus | mītēscēbāmus | mītēscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mītēscitis | mītēscēbātis | mītēscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mītēscunt | mītēscēbant | mītēscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mītēscam | mītēscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mītēscās | mītēscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mītēscat | mītēsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mītēscāmus | mītēscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mītēscātis | mītēscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mītēscant | mītēscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | mītēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | mītēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | mītēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | mītēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | mītēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | mītēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | mītēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | mītēscisse | — |
| present participle | mītēscēns | — |
| future participle | — | mītēscenda mītēscendā, mītēscendae, mītēscendam, mītēscendārum, mītēscendās, mītēscende, mītēscendīs, mītēscendōrum, mītēscendōs, mītēscendus |
gerundmītēscendī, mītēscendō, mītēscendum
mītesco (mitisco), ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.).
I. Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8:
mala, Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51: cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri, to grow mellow, ripe, Col. 7, 9: sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant, Ov. M. 15, 78: ervum, Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.—B. Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non ... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:
hiems, Liv. 23, 19: annus, Sil. 15, 505: frigora, Hor. C. 4, 7, 9: Alpium juga, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147: ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt, Liv. 33, 45. —II. Trop., to grow mild, gentle:
nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mītēscō (mītīscō) —, —, inch.
mitis, to be softened : sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flammā queant, O.— To grow mild, become gentle, be tamed : hiemps, L.: frigora, H.: ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt, are tamed , L.—Fig., to grow mild, become gentle, be civilized : Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, H.: malis hominum, be moved by , V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin mītēscō From mītis (“mild”) + -ēscō.