abolesco

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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

  1. to gradually perish, decay, die
  2. 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.