ingravesco

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Latin

Verb

ingravēscō (present infinitive ingravēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to become heavy (or heavier)
  2. to become burdensome
  3. to become worse
  4. to worsen

Conjugation

References

  • ingravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ingravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ingravesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the disease gets worse: morbus ingravescit
    • the price of corn is going up: annona ingravescit, crescit