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-sco
-sco
Latin
Suffix
-sco
- Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)".
Inflection
Conjugation varies with verb; only first principal part shown here for illustration.
| Conjugation of -sco (third conjugation, defective) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | -scō | -scis | -scit | -scimus | -scitis | -scunt |
| imperfect | -scēbam | -scēbās | -scēbat | -scēbāmus | -scēbātis | -scēbant | |
| future | -scam | -scēs | -scet | -scēmus | -scētis | -scent | |
| passive | present | -scor | -sceris, -scere | -scitur | -scimur | -sciminī | -scuntur |
| imperfect | -scēbar | -scēbāris, -scēbāre | -scēbātur | -scēbāmur | -scēbāminī | -scēbantur | |
| future | -scar | -scēris, -scēre | -scētur | -scēmur | -scēminī | -scentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | -scam | -scās | -scat | -scāmus | -scātis | -scant |
| imperfect | -scerem | -scerēs | -sceret | -scerēmus | -scerētis | -scerent | |
| passive | present | -scar | -scāris, -scāre | -scātur | -scāmur | -scāminī | -scantur |
| imperfect | -scerer | -scerēris, -scerēre | -scerētur | -scerēmur | -scerēminī | -scerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | -sce | — | — | -scite | — |
| future | — | -scitō | -scitō | — | -scitōte | -scuntō | |
| passive | present | — | -scere | — | — | -sciminī | — |
| future | — | -scitor | -scitor | — | — | -scuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | -scere | — | — | -scī | — | — | |
| participles | -scēns | — | — | — | — | -scendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| -scere | -scendī | -scendō | -scendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-sco'>Latin words suffixed with -sco</a>
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus.
Suffix
-sco m (feminine -sca, plural -scos, feminine plural -scas)
- Forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem.
Synonyms
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_words_suffixed_with_-sco'>Spanish words suffixed with -sco</a>