ignesco

Latin

Etymology

From ignis +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iɡˈneːs.koː/, [ɪŋˈneːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲes.ko/, [iɲˈɲɛsko]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ignēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ignēscam	ignēscās	ignēscat	ignēscāmus	ignēscātis	ignēscant
	imperfect	ignēscerem	ignēscerēs	ignēsceret	ignēscerēmus	ignēscerētis	ignēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ignēsce	—	—	ignēscite	—
	future	—	ignēscitō	ignēscitō	—	ignēscitōte	ignēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ignēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		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’s 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.