Latin edit

Etymology edit

purpura (purple) +‎ -scō (inchoative suffix).

Verb edit

purpurāscō (present infinitive purpurāscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (rare) to become purple; to be adorned

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of purpurāscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present purpurāscō purpurāscis purpurāscit purpurāscimus purpurāscitis purpurāscunt
imperfect purpurāscēbam purpurāscēbās purpurāscēbat purpurāscēbāmus purpurāscēbātis purpurāscēbant
future purpurāscam purpurāscēs purpurāscet purpurāscēmus purpurāscētis purpurāscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present purpurāscam purpurāscās purpurāscat purpurāscāmus purpurāscātis purpurāscant
imperfect purpurāscerem purpurāscerēs purpurāsceret purpurāscerēmus purpurāscerētis purpurāscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present purpurāsce purpurāscite
future purpurāscitō purpurāscitō purpurāscitōte purpurāscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives purpurāscere
participles purpurāscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
purpurāscendī purpurāscendō purpurāscendum purpurāscendō

References edit

  • purpurasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • purpurasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • purpurasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.