Latin

edit

Etymology

edit

From caleō +‎ -scō.

Verb

edit

calēscō (present infinitive calēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to grow warm, warm up; be heated
  2. to become inflamed or inspired

Conjugation

edit
   Conjugation of calēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calēscō calēscis calēscit calēscimus calēscitis calēscunt
imperfect calēscēbam calēscēbās calēscēbat calēscēbāmus calēscēbātis calēscēbant
future calēscam calēscēs calēscet calēscēmus calēscētis calēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calēscam calēscās calēscat calēscāmus calēscātis calēscant
imperfect calēscerem calēscerēs calēsceret calēscerēmus calēscerētis calēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calēsce calēscite
future calēscitō calēscitō calēscitōte calēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives calēscere
participles calēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calēscendī calēscendō calēscendum calēscendō

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Asturian: calecer
  • Galician: quecer
  • Portuguese: aquecer

References

edit
  • calesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  NODES
HOME 1
languages 1
Note 1