sordesco

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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

  1. 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.