dehisco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ hiscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dehīscō (present infinitive dehīscere, perfect active dehīvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to gape, yawn, split open

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: dehisce

References

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