crepusculascens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Originally the present participle of an unattested verb *crepusculāscit (“it becomes twilight; dusk falls”) that relates to crepusculum in a similar way as vesperāscit relates to vespera.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaːs.kens/, [krɛpʊs̠kʊˈɫ̪äːs̠kẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaʃ.ʃens/, [krepuskuˈläʃːens]
Adjective edit
crepusculāscēns (genitive crepusculāscentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- growing dusky
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | ||
| Genitive | crepusculāscentis | crepusculāscentium | |||
| Dative | crepusculāscentī | crepusculāscentibus | |||
| Accusative | crepusculāscentem | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | |
| Ablative | crepusculāscentī | crepusculāscentibus | |||
| Vocative | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | ||
Related terms edit
References edit
- “crepusculascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crepusculascens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.