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Latin
Etymology
From sordeō (“I am dirty”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
sordēscō (present infinitive sordēscere, perfect active sorduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become dirty
Conjugation
- The third principal part is shared with sordeō.
References
- “sordesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sordesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sordesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.