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Latin
Etymology
From vīlis + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
vīlēscō (present infinitive vīlēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to become worthless
- to become bad
- to become vile
Conjugation
References
- vilesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vilesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vilesco in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung