alesco
Latin
Etymology
From a lost stative *aleō (“be growing up”) + -scō (inceptive suffix). See alo (“I nourish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈleːs.koː/, [aˈɫeːs.koː]
Verb
alēscō (present infinitive alēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms
- I rear, grow, grow up
- I increase
Inflection
| Conjugation of alesco (third conjugation, defective, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | alēscō | alēscis | alēscit | alēscimus | alēscitis | alēscunt |
| imperfect | alēscēbam | alēscēbās | alēscēbat | alēscēbāmus | alēscēbātis | alēscēbant | |
| future | alēscam | alēscēs | alēscet | alēscēmus | alēscētis | alēscent | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | alēscam | alēscās | alēscat | alēscāmus | alēscātis | alēscant |
| imperfect | alēscerem | alēscerēs | alēsceret | alēscerēmus | alēscerētis | alēscerent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | alēsce | — | — | alēscite | — |
| future | — | alēscitō | alēscitō | — | alēscitōte | alēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | alēscere | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | alēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| alēscere | alēscendī | alēscendō | alēscendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- adulēscēns
- alimentārius
- alimentum
- coolēscō/ coalēscō
References
- alesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette