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

ūmēscō

ūmēscō (present infinitive ūmēscere)

Meaning

  1. to become moist, wet or damp

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ūmēscōūmēscēbamūmēscam———
2nd sg.ūmēscisūmēscēbāsūmēscēs———
3rd sg.ūmēscitūmēscēbatūmēscet———
1st pl.ūmēscimusūmēscēbāmusūmēscēmus———
2nd pl.ūmēscitisūmēscēbātisūmēscētis———
3rd pl.ūmēscuntūmēscēbantūmēscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ūmēscamūmēscerem——
2nd sg.ūmēscāsūmēscerēs——
3rd sg.ūmēscatūmēsceret——
1st pl.ūmēscāmusūmēscerēmus——
2nd pl.ūmēscātisūmēscerētis——
3rd pl.ūmēscantūmēscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ūmēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.ūmēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.ūmēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.ūmēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.ūmēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ūmēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveūmēscere—
present participleūmēscēns—
gerundūmēscendī, ūmēscendō, ūmēscendum

ūmesco (less correctly hū-), no
I. perf. nor sup., ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [umeo], to grow moist or wet (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): (equi) umescunt spumis, Verg. G. 3, 111: cortex non umescit, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 107: terra umescens rore occulto, id. 18, 34, 77, § 339: solum, Pall. Sept. 10, 3: vidimus umescentes oculos tuos, Plin. Pan. 73, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin ūmēscō From ūmeō + -scō.

Quick answers

What does ūmēscō mean in Latin?
ūmēscō, a verb, means “to become moist, wet or damp”.
What are the principal parts of ūmēscō?
ūmēscō, ūmēscere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).