macresco

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Latin

FWOTD – 6 January 2021

Etymology

From macer (“lean, meagre”) +‎ -ēscō (“I become”).

Pronunciation

Verb

macrēscō (present infinitive macrēscere, perfect active macruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become thin, lean, meagre

Conjugation

   Conjugation of macrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present macrēscō macrēscis macrēscit macrēscimus macrēscitis macrēscunt
imperfect macrēscēbam macrēscēbās macrēscēbat macrēscēbāmus macrēscēbātis macrēscēbant
future macrēscam macrēscēs macrēscet macrēscēmus macrēscētis macrēscent
perfect macruī macruistī macruit macruimus macruistis macruērunt,
macruēre
pluperfect macrueram macruerās macruerat macruerāmus macruerātis macruerant
future perfect macruerō macrueris macruerit macruerimus macrueritis macruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present macrēscam macrēscās macrēscat macrēscāmus macrēscātis macrēscant
imperfect macrēscerem macrēscerēs macrēsceret macrēscerēmus macrēscerētis macrēscerent
perfect macruerim macruerīs macruerit macruerīmus macruerītis macruerint
pluperfect macruissem macruissēs macruisset macruissēmus macruissētis macruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — macrēsce — — macrēscite —
future — macrēscitō macrēscitō — macrēscitōte macrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives macrēscere macruisse — — — —
participles macrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
macrēscendī macrēscendō macrēscendum macrēscendō — —

References

  • “macresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “macresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • macresco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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