supercresco
Latin
Etymology
From super- + crēscō (“grow”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈkreːs.koː/, [sʊ.pɛrˈkreːs.koː]
Verb
supercrēscō (present infinitive supercrēscere, perfect active supercrēvī); third conjugation, no passive
- I grow up, over or on
- I excel or outdo
Inflection
| Conjugation of supercresco (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | supercrēscō | supercrēscis | supercrēscit | supercrēscimus | supercrēscitis | supercrēscunt |
| imperfect | supercrēscēbam | supercrēscēbās | supercrēscēbat | supercrēscēbāmus | supercrēscēbātis | supercrēscēbant | |
| future | supercrēscam | supercrēscēs | supercrēscet | supercrēscēmus | supercrēscētis | supercrēscent | |
| perfect | supercrēvī | supercrēvistī | supercrēvit | supercrēvimus | supercrēvistis | supercrēvērunt, supercrēvēre | |
| pluperfect | supercrēveram | supercrēverās | supercrēverat | supercrēverāmus | supercrēverātis | supercrēverant | |
| future perfect | supercrēverō | supercrēveris | supercrēverit | supercrēverimus | supercrēveritis | supercrēverint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | supercrēscam | supercrēscās | supercrēscat | supercrēscāmus | supercrēscātis | supercrēscant |
| imperfect | supercrēscerem | supercrēscerēs | supercrēsceret | supercrēscerēmus | supercrēscerētis | supercrēscerent | |
| perfect | supercrēverim | supercrēverīs | supercrēverit | supercrēverimus | supercrēveritis | supercrēverint | |
| pluperfect | supercrēvissem | supercrēvissēs | supercrēvisset | supercrēvissēmus | supercrēvissētis | supercrēvissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | supercrēsce | — | — | supercrēscite | — |
| future | — | supercrēscitō | supercrēscitō | — | supercrēscitōte | supercrēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | supercrēscere | supercrēvisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | supercrēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| supercrēscere | supercrēscendī | supercrēscendō | supercrēscendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- crēscō
Descendants
- French: surcroître
- Italian: sopraccrescere
References
- supercresco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supercresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette