tabesco

Latin

Etymology

From tābeō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /taːˈbeːs.koː/, [t̪äːˈbeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈbes.ko/, [t̪äˈbɛsko]

Verb

tābēscō (present infinitive tābēscere, perfect active tābuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to gradually melt or dissolve
2. to dwindle away, waste away

Conjugation

Conjugation of tābēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tābēscō	tābēscis	tābēscit	tābēscimus	tābēscitis	tābēscunt
	imperfect	tābēscēbam	tābēscēbās	tābēscēbat	tābēscēbāmus	tābēscēbātis	tābēscēbant
	future	tābēscam	tābēscēs	tābēscet	tābēscēmus	tābēscētis	tābēscent
	perfect	tābuī	tābuistī	tābuit	tābuimus	tābuistis	tābuērunt, tābuēre
	pluperfect	tābueram	tābuerās	tābuerat	tābuerāmus	tābuerātis	tābuerant
	future perfect	tābuerō	tābueris	tābuerit	tābuerimus	tābueritis	tābuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tābēscam	tābēscās	tābēscat	tābēscāmus	tābēscātis	tābēscant
	imperfect	tābēscerem	tābēscerēs	tābēsceret	tābēscerēmus	tābēscerētis	tābēscerent
	perfect	tābuerim	tābuerīs	tābuerit	tābuerīmus	tābuerītis	tābuerint
	pluperfect	tābuissem	tābuissēs	tābuisset	tābuissēmus	tābuissētis	tābuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tābēsce	—	—	tābēscite	—
	future	—	tābēscitō	tābēscitō	—	tābēscitōte	tābēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tābēscere	tābuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		tābēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tābēscendī	tābēscendō	tābēscendum	tābēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• contābēscō
• distābēscō
• extābēscō
• intābēscō
• pertābēscō

References

• “tabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tabesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be wasted with grief; to die of grief: dolore confici, tabescere