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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + albēscō (“I become white”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exalbēscō (present infinitive exalbēscere, perfect active exalbuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become white, pale
Conjugation
References
- “exalbesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exalbesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exalbesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grow pale with fear: exalbescere metu