alesco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈleːs.koː/, [äˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈles.ko/, [äˈlɛsko]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of alēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		alēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		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.