compesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpescō

Etymology

From con- +‎ parcō (“to refrain from, forbear”) +‎ -scō (“inchoative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɛs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpɛs.ko]

Verb

compescō (present infinitive compescere, perfect active compescuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to restrain or check
2. to quench
3. to curb
4. to confine
5. to block

Conjugation

• Priscian documents a supine compescitum.

   Conjugation of compescō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compescō		compescis		compescit		compescimus		compescitis		compescunt
	imperfect	compescēbam		compescēbās		compescēbat		compescēbāmus		compescēbātis		compescēbant
	future	compescam		compescēs		compescet		compescēmus		compescētis		compescent
	perfect	compescuī		compescuistī		compescuit		compescuimus		compescuistis		compescuērunt, compescuēre
	pluperfect	compescueram		compescuerās		compescuerat		compescuerāmus		compescuerātis		compescuerant
	future perfect	compescuerō		compescueris		compescuerit		compescuerimus		compescueritis		compescuerint
passive	present	compescor		compesceris, compescere		compescitur		compescimur		compesciminī		compescuntur
	imperfect	compescēbar		compescēbāris, compescēbāre		compescēbātur		compescēbāmur		compescēbāminī		compescēbantur
	future	compescar		compescēris, compescēre		compescētur		compescēmur		compescēminī		compescentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compescam		compescās		compescat		compescāmus		compescātis		compescant
	imperfect	compescerem		compescerēs		compesceret		compescerēmus		compescerētis		compescerent
	perfect	compescuerim		compescuerīs		compescuerit		compescuerīmus		compescuerītis		compescuerint
	pluperfect	compescuissem		compescuissēs		compescuisset		compescuissēmus		compescuissētis		compescuissent
passive	present	compescar		compescāris, compescāre		compescātur		compescāmur		compescāminī		compescantur
	imperfect	compescerer		compescerēris, compescerēre		compescerētur		compescerēmur		compescerēminī		compescerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compesce		—		—		compescite		—
	future	—		compescitō		compescitō		—		compescitōte		compescuntō
passive	present	—		compescere		—		—		compesciminī		—
	future	—		compescitor		compescitor		—		—		compescuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		compescere			compescī			compescēns			—
future		—			—			—			compescendus, compescundus
perfect		compescuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compescendī		compescendō		compescendum		compescendō		—		—

References

• “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “compesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN