cornesco

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cornēscō (present infinitive cornēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to become like horn; to turn to horn

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cornēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cornēscō		cornēscis		cornēscit		cornēscimus		cornēscitis		cornēscunt
	imperfect	cornēscēbam		cornēscēbās		cornēscēbat		cornēscēbāmus		cornēscēbātis		cornēscēbant
	future	cornēscam		cornēscēs		cornēscet		cornēscēmus		cornēscētis		cornēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cornēscam		cornēscās		cornēscat		cornēscāmus		cornēscātis		cornēscant
	imperfect	cornēscerem		cornēscerēs		cornēsceret		cornēscerēmus		cornēscerētis		cornēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cornēsce		—		—		cornēscite		—
	future	—		cornēscitō		cornēscitō		—		cornēscitōte		cornēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cornēscere			—			cornēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cornēscendī		cornēscendō		cornēscendum		cornēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• corneolus
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

References

• “cornesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cornesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.