hisco

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“to yawn, gape”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
  2. (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
  3. (transitive) to speak, utter

Conjugation

   Conjugation of hīscō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hīscō hīscis hīscit hīscimus hīscitis hīscunt
imperfect hīscēbam hīscēbās hīscēbat hīscēbāmus hīscēbātis hīscēbant
future hīscam hīscēs hīscet hīscēmus hīscētis hīscent
passive present hīscor hīsceris,
hīscere 		hīscitur hīscimur hīsciminī hīscuntur
imperfect hīscēbar hīscēbāris,
hīscēbāre 		hīscēbātur hīscēbāmur hīscēbāminī hīscēbantur
future hīscar hīscēris,
hīscēre 		hīscētur hīscēmur hīscēminī hīscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hīscam hīscās hīscat hīscāmus hīscātis hīscant
imperfect hīscerem hīscerēs hīsceret hīscerēmus hīscerētis hīscerent
passive present hīscar hīscāris,
hīscāre 		hīscātur hīscāmur hīscāminī hīscantur
imperfect hīscerer hīscerēris,
hīscerēre 		hīscerētur hīscerēmur hīscerēminī hīscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — hīsce — — hīscite —
future — hīscitō hīscitō — hīscitōte hīscuntō
passive present — hīscere — — hīsciminī —
future — hīscitor hīscitor — — hīscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present hīscere hīscī hīscēns —
future — — — hīscendus,
hīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hīscendī hīscendō hīscendum hīscendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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