albesco

Latin

Etymology

From albeō (“I am white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbeːs.koː/, [aɫˈbeːs.koː]

Verb

albēscō (present infinitive albēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

  1. I become white, pale.
  2. I gleam.
  3. (figuratively) I dawn.

Inflection
  • This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.
   Conjugation of albesco (third conjugation, defective, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present albēscō albēscis albēscit albēscimus albēscitis albēscunt
imperfect albēscēbam albēscēbās albēscēbat albēscēbāmus albēscēbātis albēscēbant
future albēscam albēscēs albēscet albēscēmus albēscētis albēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present albēscam albēscās albēscat albēscāmus albēscātis albēscant
imperfect albēscerem albēscerēs albēsceret albēscerēmus albēscerētis albēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — albēsce — — albēscite —
future — albēscitō albēscitō — albēscitōte albēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives albēscere — — — — —
participles albēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
albēscere albēscendī albēscendō albēscendum — —

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • albesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • albesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • albesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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