verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
vānēscō
vānēscō (present infinitive vānēscere)
Classical[waːˈneːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[vaˈnɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to vanish
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vānēscō | vānēscēbam | vānēscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | vānēscis | vānēscēbās | vānēscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | vānēscit | vānēscēbat | vānēscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | vānēscimus | vānēscēbāmus | vānēscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | vānēscitis | vānēscēbātis | vānēscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | vānēscunt | vānēscēbant | vānēscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vānēscam | vānēscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | vānēscās | vānēscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | vānēscat | vānēsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | vānēscāmus | vānēscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | vānēscātis | vānēscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | vānēscant | vānēscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | vānēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | vānēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | vānēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | vānēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | vānēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | vānēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | vānēscere | — |
| present participle | vānēscēns | — |
gerundvānēscendī, vānēscendō, vānēscendum
vānesco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [vanus], to pass away, disappear, vanish (poet. and in postAug. prose).
I. Lit.:
incipiunt gravidae vanescere nubes, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 107: Ceres in sterilem herbam, id. Am. 3, 7, 31: spiritus meus in auras, id. H. 12, 85: cuncta in cinerem, Tac. H. 5, 7: nigra sed infusā vancscat sepia lymphā, Pers. 3, 13: (nubes) pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 6.—II. Trop.:
vanescitque absens et novus intrat amor, Ov. A. A. 2, 358: inanis credulitas tempore ipso, Tac. A. 2, 40; cf.: tempore ac spatio vanescere, id. ib. 2, 82: ira plebis, id. ib. 5, 9: dicta per auras, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 41: vos nolite pati nostrum vanescere luctum, i. e. to be in vain, Cat. 64, 199: cavendum est ne ipsa expositio vanescat, Quint. 4, 3, 8: quod magnificum alio referente fuisset, ipso qui gesserat recensente vanescit, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vānēscō —, —, ere, inch.
* vaneo, from vanus, to pass away, disappear, vanish: Ceres sterilem in herbam, O.: Vanescit absens et novus intrat amor, O.: vanescente plebis irā, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin vānēscō From vānus (“empty”) + -ēscō. Compare the parallel semantic development of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (English wane).
Italo-Romance
- Italianvanire
In English words that came into English from vānēscō
- vanish*exvanire
- evanescentēvānēscēns
- evanesceevanescere
- evanescenceēvānēscentia