alesco

Latin

Etymology

From a lost stative *aleō (“be growing up”) +‎ -scō (inceptive suffix). See alō (“I nourish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈɫeːs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈlɛs.ko]

Verb

alēscō (present infinitive alēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to rear, grow, grow up
2. to increase

Conjugation

   Conjugation of alēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	alēscō		alēscis		alēscit		alēscimus		alēscitis		alēscunt
	imperfect	alēscēbam		alēscēbās		alēscēbat		alēscēbāmus		alēscēbātis		alēscēbant
	future	alēscam		alēscēs		alēscet		alēscēmus		alēscētis		alēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	alēscam		alēscās		alēscat		alēscāmus		alēscātis		alēscant
	imperfect	alēscerem		alēscerēs		alēsceret		alēscerēmus		alēscerētis		alēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		alēsce		—		—		alēscite		—
	future	—		alēscitō		alēscitō		—		alēscitōte		alēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		alēscere			—			alēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		alēscendī		alēscendō		alēscendum		alēscendō		—		—

Derived terms

• adulēscēns
• alimentārius
• alimentum
• coolēscō/ coalēscō

References

• “alesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.