-esso

See also: esso

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Identical in form to the archaic future perfects in -āssō, -āssere, etc., attested contemporary with Ennius, viz. amāssis, levāssō, impetrāssere, and iūdicāssit, respectively of amō, levō, impetrō, and iūdicō.[1][2] Origin cited as not fully explained. Perhaps connected with a kind of prolepsis invoking a counterfactual use of aspect for emphasis.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-essō (present infinitive -essere, perfect active -essīvī or -essiī or -essī, supine -essītum); third conjugation

  1. Forms a small number of intensive verbs from verbs.
    petessō (I strive eagerly), from the verb petō (I aim, seek).
    facessō (I do eagerly; I depart), from the verb faciō (I do, make)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -esso

References