LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

vīlēscō

vīlēscō (present infinitive vīlēscere)
Classical[wiːˈɫeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[viˈlɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to become worthless
  2. to become bad
  3. to become vile

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.vīlēscōvīlēscēbamvīlēscam———
2nd sg.vīlēscisvīlēscēbāsvīlēscēs———
3rd sg.vīlēscitvīlēscēbatvīlēscet———
1st pl.vīlēscimusvīlēscēbāmusvīlēscēmus———
2nd pl.vīlēscitisvīlēscēbātisvīlēscētis———
3rd pl.vīlēscuntvīlēscēbantvīlēscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.vīlēscamvīlēscerem——
2nd sg.vīlēscāsvīlēscerēs——
3rd sg.vīlēscatvīlēsceret——
1st pl.vīlēscāmusvīlēscerēmus——
2nd pl.vīlēscātisvīlēscerētis——
3rd pl.vīlēscantvīlēscerent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.vīlēscorvīlēscēbarvīlēscar
2nd sg.vīlēsceris
vīlēscere
vīlēscēbāris
vīlēscēbāre
vīlēscēris
vīlēscēre
3rd sg.vīlēsciturvīlēscēbāturvīlēscētur
1st pl.vīlēscimurvīlēscēbāmurvīlēscēmur
2nd pl.vīlēsciminīvīlēscēbāminīvīlēscēminī
3rd pl.vīlēscunturvīlēscēbanturvīlēscentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.vīlēscarvīlēscerer
2nd sg.vīlēscāris
vīlēscāre
vīlēscerēris
vīlēscerēre
3rd sg.vīlēscāturvīlēscerētur
1st pl.vīlēscāmurvīlēscerēmur
2nd pl.vīlēscāminīvīlēscerēminī
3rd pl.vīlēscanturvīlēscerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.vīlēscevīlēscere
pres. 2nd pl.vīlēscitevīlēsciminī
fut. 2nd sg.vīlēscitōvīlēscitor
fut. 3rd sg.vīlēscitōvīlēscitor
fut. 2nd pl.vīlēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.vīlēscuntōvīlēscuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivevīlēscerevīlēscī
present participlevīlēscēns—
future participle—vīlēscendus
vīlēscundus
gerundvīlēscendī, vīlēscendō, vīlēscendum

vīlesco, lŭi, 3
I. v. inch. n. [vilis], to become worthless, bad, vile (late Lat.): quamvis clarus homo vilescit in turbā, Hier. Ep. 66, 7; Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 56; Aug. Tract. in Joan. 24, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin vīlēscō From vīlis + -ēscō.

Quick answers

What does vīlēscō mean in Latin?
vīlēscō, a verb, means “to become worthless; to become bad; to become vile”.
What are the principal parts of vīlēscō?
vīlēscō, vīlēscere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce vīlēscō?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈɫeːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈlɛs.ko].