albescente
Latin
Participle
albēscente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albēscēns
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of albēscente caelō/diē (ablative absolute, literally “at the sky/day(light) starting to become white”). Attested in the Peregrinatio Etheriae.
Adverb
albēscente (not comparable)
- (Late Latin, hapax) at the break of day
- Antonym: (Late Latin) vesperāscente
- Synonyms: (Classical Latin) māne, prīmō dīlūculō, prīmā lūce, sōle oriente
References
- “albēsco” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Portuguese
Adjective
albescente m or f (plural albescentes)
- albescent (becoming white)