viresco

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Latin

Etymology 1

From vireō (“I am green”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈreːs.koː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈres.ko/,

Verb

virēscō (present infinitive virēscere, perfect active viruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to grow
to become green, become verdant
to shoot forth
to flourish, prosper, grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of virēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	virēscō	virēscis	virēscit	virēscimus	virēscitis	virēscunt
	imperfect	virēscēbam	virēscēbās	virēscēbat	virēscēbāmus	virēscēbātis	virēscēbant
	future	virēscam	virēscēs	virēscet	virēscēmus	virēscētis	virēscent
	perfect	viruī	viruistī	viruit	viruimus	viruistis	viruērunt, viruēre
	pluperfect	virueram	viruerās	viruerat	viruerāmus	viruerātis	viruerant
	future perfect	viruerō	virueris	viruerit	viruerimus	virueritis	viruerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	virēscam	virēscās	virēscat	virēscāmus	virēscātis	virēscant
	imperfect	virēscerem	virēscerēs	virēsceret	virēscerēmus	virēscerētis	virēscerent
	perfect	viruerim	viruerīs	viruerit	viruerīmus	viruerītis	viruerint
	pluperfect	viruissem	viruissēs	viruisset	viruissēmus	viruissētis	viruissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	virēsce	—	—	virēscite	—
active	future	—	virēscitō	virēscitō	—	virēscitōte	virēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		virēscere	viruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		virēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		virēscendī	virēscendō	virēscendum	virēscendō	—	—

Etymology 2

From vīs (“force”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈreːs.koː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈres.ko/,

Verb

vīrēscō (present infinitive vīrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to gain back one's old strength
- Aulus Fūrius Antiās in Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,4:
  incrēscunt animī, vīrēscit volnere virtūs.
- c. 125 CE – c. 180 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,3:
  Quae reprehendit autem Caesellius Fūriāna, haec sunt: quod dīxerit prīstinās reciperāre vīrēs vīrēscere .

Conjugation

Conjugation of vīrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vīrēscō	vīrēscis	vīrēscit	vīrēscimus	vīrēscitis	vīrēscunt
	imperfect	vīrēscēbam	vīrēscēbās	vīrēscēbat	vīrēscēbāmus	vīrēscēbātis	vīrēscēbant
	future	vīrēscam	vīrēscēs	vīrēscet	vīrēscēmus	vīrēscētis	vīrēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vīrēscam	vīrēscās	vīrēscat	vīrēscāmus	vīrēscātis	vīrēscant
active	imperfect	vīrēscerem	vīrēscerēs	vīrēsceret	vīrēscerēmus	vīrēscerētis	vīrēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vīrēsce	—	—	vīrēscite	—
active	future	—	vīrēscitō	vīrēscitō	—	vīrēscitōte	vīrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vīrēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		vīrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vīrēscendī	vīrēscendō	vīrēscendum	vīrēscendō	—	—

References

“viresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“viresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
viresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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