albesco

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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

  1. to become white, pale
  2. to gleam
  3. (figuratively) to dawn

Conjugation

   Conjugation of albēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
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
first second third first second third
active present albēscam albēscās albēscat albēscāmus albēscātis albēscant
imperfect albēscerem albēscerēs albēsceret albēscerēmus albēscerētis albēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — albēsce — — albēscite —
future — albēscitō albēscitō — albēscitōte albēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives albēscere — — — — —
participles albēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
albēscendī albēscendō albēscendum albēscendō — —

Synonyms

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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