albesco

Latin

Etymology

From albeō (“to be white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of albēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present albēscere — albēscēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
albēscendī albēscendō albēscendum albēscendō — —

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: alghescu
  • English: albescence, albescent
  • Romanian: albi

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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