excresco

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Latin

Etymology

ex +‎ crēscō (“to grow”)

Pronunciation

Verb

excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to grow out, grow up
    Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, olēscō, glīscō
    Antonym: dēcrēscō
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to grow excessively

Conjugation

   Conjugation of excrēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excrēscō excrēscis excrēscit excrēscimus excrēscitis excrēscunt
imperfect excrēscēbam excrēscēbās excrēscēbat excrēscēbāmus excrēscēbātis excrēscēbant
future excrēscam excrēscēs excrēscet excrēscēmus excrēscētis excrēscent
perfect excrēvī excrēvistī excrēvit excrēvimus excrēvistis excrēvērunt,
excrēvēre
pluperfect excrēveram excrēverās excrēverat excrēverāmus excrēverātis excrēverant
future perfect excrēverō excrēveris excrēverit excrēverimus excrēveritis excrēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excrēscam excrēscās excrēscat excrēscāmus excrēscātis excrēscant
imperfect excrēscerem excrēscerēs excrēsceret excrēscerēmus excrēscerētis excrēscerent
perfect excrēverim excrēverīs excrēverit excrēverīmus excrēverītis excrēverint
pluperfect excrēvissem excrēvissēs excrēvisset excrēvissēmus excrēvissētis excrēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — excrēsce — — excrēscite —
future — excrēscitō excrēscitō — excrēscitōte excrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives excrēscere excrēvisse excrētūrum esse — — —
participles excrēscēns — excrētūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excrēscendī excrēscendō excrēscendum excrēscendō excrētum excrētū

References

  • “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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