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Latin
Etymology
From aboleō + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
abolēscō (present infinitive abolēscere, perfect active abolēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to gradually perish, decay, die
- to disappear, vanish
Conjugation
References
- “abolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abolesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.