hisco

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“to yawn, gape”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation
   Conjugation of hīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hīscere — — hīscī — —
participles hīscēns — — — — 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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