arboresco

Latin

FWOTD - 21 February 2013

Etymology

From arbor (“tree”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ar.boˈreːs.koː/

Verb

arborēscō (defective conjugation)

1. I become a tree.
   • c. 78 CE, Pliny the Elder, Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff editor, Naturalis Historia, book 19, chapter 23:

     namque tradunt auctores in Arabia malvas septimo mense arborescere baculorumque usum praebere.

     Indeed, authors in Arabia hand down the tradition that mallows become trees in the seventh month and see use as walking-sticks.

Inflection

• This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.

    Third Conjugation - Defective

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arborēscō	arborēscis	arborēscit	arborēscimus	arborēscitis	arborēscunt
	future	arborēscam	arborēscēs	arborēscet	arborēscēmus	arborēscētis	arborēscent
	imperfect	arborēscēbam	arborēscēbās	arborēscēbat	arborēscēbāmus	arborēscēbātis	arborēscēbant
passive	present	arborēscor	arborēsceris	arborēscitur	arborēscimur	arborēsciminī	arborēscuntur
	future	arborēscar	arborēscēris	arborēscētur	arborēscēmur	arborēscēminī	arborēscentur
	imperfect	arborēscēbar	arborēscēbāris	arborēscēbātur	arborēscēbāmur	arborēscēbāminī	arborēscēbantur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arborēscam	arborēscās	arborēscat	arborēscāmus	arborēscātis	arborēscant
	imperfect	arborēscerem	arborēscerēs	arborēsceret	arborēscerēmus	arborēscerētis	arborēscerent
passive	present	arborēscar	arborēscāris	arborēscātur	arborēscāmur	arborēscāminī	arborēscantur
	imperfect	arborēscerer	arborēscerēris	arborēscerētur	arborēscerēmur	arborēscerēminī	arborēscerentur
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	arborēsce	arborēscitō	arborēscitō	arborēscere	arborēscitor	arborēscitor
	plural	arborēscite	arborēscitōte	arborēscuntō	arborēsciminī	—	arborēscuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
participles		arborēscēns (arborēscentis)	—	—	—	—	arborēscendus -nda, -ndum

Descendants

• English: arboresce
• Portuguese: arborescer

Derived terms

• arborēscēns

Related terms

• arbor