viridesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From viridis (“green”) + -ēscō.
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /u̯i.riˈdes.ko/, [u̯ɪrɪˈd̪ɛs̠kɔ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vi.riˈdes.ko/, [viriˈd̪ɛsko]
Verb edit
viridēscō (present infinitive viridēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to become green
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: nvirdzãscu
- Catalan: enverdir
- French: verdir
- Italian: inverdire
- Occitan: verdir
- Portuguese: enverdecer
- Romanian: înverzi
- Spanish: enverdecer
References edit
- “viridesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- viridesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.