albesco

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Latin

Etymology

From albeō (“I am white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈbeːs.koː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbes.ko/,

Verb

albēscō (present infinitive albēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to become white, pale
to gleam
(figuratively) to dawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of albēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	albēscō		albēscis		albēscit		albēscimus		albēscitis		albēscunt
	imperfect	albēscēbam		albēscēbās		albēscēbat		albēscēbāmus		albēscēbātis		albēscēbant
	future	albēscam		albēscēs		albēscet		albēscēmus		albēscētis		albēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	albēscam		albēscās		albēscat		albēscāmus		albēscātis		albēscant
active	imperfect	albēscerem		albēscerēs		albēsceret		albēscerēmus		albēscerētis		albēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		albēsce		—		—		albēscite		—
active	future	—		albēscitō		albēscitō		—		albēscitōte		albēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		albēscere			—			albēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		albēscendī		albēscendō		albēscendum		albēscendō		—		—

Synonyms

(become white): cānēscō

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: alghescu
English: albescence, albescent
Romanian: albi

References

“albesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“albesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
albesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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