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mollesco

mollesco

Latin

Verb

mollēscō (present infinitive mollēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

  1. I become soft; I soften.
  2. (figuratively) I become mild, gentle.
  3. (figuratively) I become effeminate, unmanly.

Inflection

  • This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.
   Conjugation of mollesco (third conjugation, defective, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mollēscō mollēscis mollēscit mollēscimus mollēscitis mollēscunt
imperfect mollēscēbam mollēscēbās mollēscēbat mollēscēbāmus mollēscēbātis mollēscēbant
future mollēscam mollēscēs mollēscet mollēscēmus mollēscētis mollēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mollēscam mollēscās mollēscat mollēscāmus mollēscātis mollēscant
imperfect mollēscerem mollēscerēs mollēsceret mollēscerēmus mollēscerētis mollēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mollēsce mollēscite
future mollēscitō mollēscitō mollēscitōte mollēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mollēscere
participles mollēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
mollēscere mollēscendī mollēscendō mollēscendum

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