incanesco

incanesco

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Latin cānus
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *-ēō
Latin -eō
Latin cāneō
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Italic *-skō
Latin -scō
Latin cānēscō
Latin incānēscō

    From in- + cānēscō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    incānēscō (present infinitive incānēscere, perfect active incānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. to become white or grey

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of incānēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present incānēscō incānēscis incānēscit incānēscimus incānēscitis incānēscunt
    imperfect incānēscēbam incānēscēbās incānēscēbat incānēscēbāmus incānēscēbātis incānēscēbant
    future incānēscam incānēscēs incānēscet incānēscēmus incānēscētis incānēscent
    perfect incānuī incānuistī incānuit incānuimus incānuistis incānuērunt,
    incānuēre
    pluperfect incānueram incānuerās incānuerat incānuerāmus incānuerātis incānuerant
    future perfect incānuerō incānueris incānuerit incānuerimus incānueritis incānuerint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present incānēscam incānēscās incānēscat incānēscāmus incānēscātis incānēscant
    imperfect incānēscerem incānēscerēs incānēsceret incānēscerēmus incānēscerētis incānēscerent
    perfect incānuerim incānuerīs incānuerit incānuerīmus incānuerītis incānuerint
    pluperfect incānuissem incānuissēs incānuisset incānuissēmus incānuissētis incānuissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — incānēsce — — incānēscite —
    future — incānēscitō incānēscitō — incānēscitōte incānēscuntō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present incānēscere — incānēscēns —
    perfect incānuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    incānēscendī incānēscendō incānēscendum incānēscendō — —

    Descendants

    • Asturian: encanecer
    • Galician: encanecer
    • Portuguese: encanecer
    • Spanish: encanecer

    References

    • “incanesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “incanesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “incanesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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