senesco

Latin

Etymology

From seneō (“I am old”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

senēscō (present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become aged, grow old, age
  2. (by extension) to decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle
    Synonyms: cadō, concidō, ēlanguēscō, languēscō, prōlābor, dēgenerō, dēsīdō
    Antonym: valeō
  3. (figuratively, of an occupation) to grow old or gray in an occupation (i. e. linger too long.)
  4. to waste away, fall off, wane, decline
    Synonyms: dēgenerō, dēsīdō, cadō, inclīnō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of senēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present senēscō senēscis senēscit senēscimus senēscitis senēscunt
imperfect senēscēbam senēscēbās senēscēbat senēscēbāmus senēscēbātis senēscēbant
future senēscam senēscēs senēscet senēscēmus senēscētis senēscent
perfect senuī senuistī senuit senuimus senuistis senuērunt,
senuēre
pluperfect senueram senuerās senuerat senuerāmus senuerātis senuerant
future perfect senuerō senueris senuerit senuerimus senueritis senuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present senēscam senēscās senēscat senēscāmus senēscātis senēscant
imperfect senēscerem senēscerēs senēsceret senēscerēmus senēscerētis senēscerent
perfect senuerim senuerīs senuerit senuerīmus senuerītis senuerint
pluperfect senuissem senuissēs senuisset senuissēmus senuissētis senuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — senēsce — — senēscite —
future — senēscitō senēscitō — senēscitōte senēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives senēscere senuisse — — — —
participles senēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
senēscendī senēscendō senēscendum senēscendō — —

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  • “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • senesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
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