verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
tābēscō
tābēscō (present infinitive tābēscere, perfect active tābuī)
Classical[taːˈbeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[taˈbɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to gradually melt or dissolve
- to dwindle away, waste away
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lentē cōnsūmortābēscō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 19
cōnsūmor, marcēscōtābēscō -ere, tābuī — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 21
paulātim cōnsūmortābēscō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8, 15
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | tābēscō | tābēscēbam | tābēscam | tābuī | tābueram | tābuerō |
| 2nd sg. | tābēscis | tābēscēbās | tābēscēs | tābuistī | tābuerās | tābueris |
| 3rd sg. | tābēscit | tābēscēbat | tābēscet | tābuit | tābuerat | tābuerit |
| 1st pl. | tābēscimus | tābēscēbāmus | tābēscēmus | tābuimus | tābuerāmus | tābuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | tābēscitis | tābēscēbātis | tābēscētis | tābuistis | tābuerātis | tābueritis |
| 3rd pl. | tābēscunt | tābēscēbant | tābēscent | tābuērunt tābuēre | tābuerant | tābuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | tābēscam | tābēscerem | tābuerim | tābuissem |
| 2nd sg. | tābēscās | tābēscerēs | tābuerīs | tābuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | tābēscat | tābēsceret | tābuerit | tābuisset |
| 1st pl. | tābēscāmus | tābēscerēmus | tābuerīmus | tābuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | tābēscātis | tābēscerētis | tābuerītis | tābuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | tābēscant | tābēscerent | tābuerint | tābuissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | tābēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | tābēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | tābēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | tābēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | tābēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | tābēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | tābēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | tābuisse | — |
| present participle | tābēscēns | — |
gerundtābēscendī, tābēscendō, tābēscendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- dolore confici, tabescere
- to be wasted with grief; to die of grief.
tābesco, bŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n. [tabes], to melt gradually, to be dissolved or consumed; to waste, pine, or dwindle away; to decay, decline, languish (class.).
I. Lit.:
frigoribus durescit umor: et idem vicissim mollitur tepefactus et tabescit calore, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf. Lucr. 6, 516; so, nives radiis (solis), id. 6, 964; 3, 581: cerae, Ov. A. A. 2, 89: sal, Cato, R. R. 88, 1; Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 95: calore Corpora, Ov. M. 15, 363.—II. Trop.:
crescere itemque dies licet et tabescere noctes, Lucr. 5, 680; so, senex dies, Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 680: lumina, Cat. 68, 55: tuo maerore maceror, Macesco, consenesco et tabesco miser, Ossa atque pellis sum miser macritudine, id. Capt. 1, 2, 31: aeterno luctu, Lucr. 3, 911: molestiis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37: desiderio alicujus, id. Cat. 2, 4, 6: dolore ac miseriā, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 12: otio, Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1: assiduis curis, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 77: ut semel (Hypsipyle) Aemonio tabuit hospitio, Prop. 1, 15, 20 (18): amore, Ov. M. 3, 445; 4, 259: quodque aliena capella gerat distentius uber, Tabescat, i. e. is consumed with envy, Hor. S. 1, 1, 111: ex quibus (litteris) perspicio, nobis in hac calamitate tabescendum esse, Cic. Att. 3, 25 init.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tābēscō buī, —, ere, inch.
tabeo, to dwindle, waste away, melt, decay : tabescit (umor) calore: Tabuerant cerae, O.—Fig., of persons, to pine, languish, decline, waste : perspicio nobis in hac calamitate tabescendum esse: ecquem, Qui sic tabuerit, longo meministis in aevo? languished for love , O.: morbo tabescens: dolore ac miseriā, T.: otio, through inactivity : Tabuit ex illo, for love of him , O.: vacuo lecto, Pr.: Quod aliena capella gerat distentius uber, Tabescat, wastes with envy , H.—Of things, to waste away, be wasted : pati regnum tabescere, S.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-der. Latin tābeō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin tābēscō From tābeō + -scō.
Descendants
- Asturianatapecer
- Asturiantapecer
- Asturiantrapecer
In English words that came into English from tābēscō
- tabescenttabescens
- contabescentcontabescens