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Latin
Etymology
From viridis (“green”) + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯i.riˈdes.ko/,
Verb
viridēscō (present infinitive viridēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
- to become green
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “viridesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- viridesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.