albesco

Latin

Etymology

From albeō (“I am white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbeːs.koː/, [äɫ̪ˈbeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbes.ko/, [älˈbɛsko]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of albēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, 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
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		albēscendī	albēscendō	albēscendum	albēscendō	—	—

Synonyms

• (become white): cānēscō

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō
• albus
• exalbēscō
• inalbēscō

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.