ignesco

ignesco

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ignis

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Latin ignēscō

From ignis + -ēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈneːs.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɲˈɲɛs.ko]

Verb

ignēscō (present infinitive ignēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to begin to burn; kindle, catch fire
to become inflamed (with passion)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ignēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ignēscō		ignēscis		ignēscit		ignēscimus		ignēscitis		ignēscunt
	imperfect	ignēscēbam		ignēscēbās		ignēscēbat		ignēscēbāmus		ignēscēbātis		ignēscēbant
	future	ignēscam		ignēscēs		ignēscet		ignēscēmus		ignēscētis		ignēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ignēscam		ignēscās		ignēscat		ignēscāmus		ignēscātis		ignēscant
active	imperfect	ignēscerem		ignēscerēs		ignēsceret		ignēscerēmus		ignēscerētis		ignēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ignēsce		—		—		ignēscite		—
active	future	—		ignēscitō		ignēscitō		—		ignēscitōte		ignēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		ignēscere			—			ignēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ignēscendī		ignēscendō		ignēscendum		ignēscendō		—		—

References

“ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"ignesco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“ignesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.