-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. Origin cited as not fully explained. Perhaps connected with a kind of prolepsis invoking a counterfactual use of aspect for emphasis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.so] === Suffix === -essō (present infinitive -essere, perfect active -essīvī or -essiī or -essī, supine -essītum); third conjugation 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 ==== === References ===