LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

nauscō

nauscō (present infinitive nauscere)
Classical[ˈnau̯s.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnau̯s.ko]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto open in the shape of a ship
    Nauscit, cum grānum fābae sē nāscendī grātiā aperit, quod sit nōn dissimile nāvis fōrmae.When a bean opens itself for germinating, which is not dissimilar to the shape of a ship, we say nauscit.[1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 168, line 5:

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.nauscōnauscēbamnauscam———
2nd sg.nauscisnauscēbāsnauscēs———
3rd sg.nauscitnauscēbatnauscet———
1st pl.nauscimusnauscēbāmusnauscēmus———
2nd pl.nauscitisnauscēbātisnauscētis———
3rd pl.nauscuntnauscēbantnauscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.nauscamnauscerem——
2nd sg.nauscāsnauscerēs——
3rd sg.nauscatnausceret——
1st pl.nauscāmusnauscerēmus——
2nd pl.nauscātisnauscerētis——
3rd pl.nauscantnauscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.nausce—
pres. 2nd pl.nauscite—
fut. 2nd sg.nauscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.nauscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.nauscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.nauscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivenauscere—
present participlenauscēns—
gerundnauscendī, nauscendō, nauscendum

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  4. Latinnauscō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin nauscō From nāvis (“ship”) + -scō.

Quick answers

What does nauscō mean in Latin?
nauscō, a verb, means “to open in the shape of a ship”.
What are the principal parts of nauscō?
nauscō, nauscere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce nauscō?
In classical Latin, [ˈnau̯s.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnau̯s.ko].
Where does nauscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us → Proto-Italic [Term?] → Latin nauscō.