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Latin
Etymology
From albeō (“I am white”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
albēscō (present infinitive albēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to become white, pale
- to gleam
- (figuratively) to dawn
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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.