See also: esco, Esco, ESCO, escó, and Escô

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Etymology

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    From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus.[1] Cognates: see Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈes.ko/
    • Rhymes: -esko
    • Hyphenation: -é‧sco

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    -esco

    1. forms adjectives (sometimes used as nouns) that indicate relationship, membership, quality
      Dante (the poet Dante Alighieri) + ‎-esco → ‎dantesco (Dantesque)

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    • French: -esque

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    1. ^ “-esco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Equivalent to -eō +‎ -scō.

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      -ēscō (present infinitive -ēscere, perfect active , supine -um); third conjugation

      1. Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar

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      Many verbs ending in -ēscō are inchoatives in -scō formed from statives in -eō. However, some verbs exist that are derived directly from the adjective, with no "intermediate" stative verb existing, e.g.:

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      Conjugation varies with verb; only first principal part shown here for illustration.

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      1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 535, 507
      2. ^ Lindsay, W. M. (1894) The Latin Language, pages 479-480:
        Roots extended by -ā, -ē, -ō like g̑nō- from g̑en-, keep this vowel long, as is their custom in such cases (§ 2); hence (g)nō-sco (Gk. γι-γνώσκω, Epir. γνώσκω), (g)nā-scor, crē-sco, viē-sco, hiā-sco; and similarly Latin Intransitives in -eo (§ 32) and Derivatives in -o (for *-⁠āyō), -eo, -io (ib.), e. g. rŭbē-sco, con-tĭcē-sco, īrā-scor, flāvē-sco, ob-dormī-sco, ercī-sco [erceiscunda on the Lex Rubria, C. I. L. i. 205. (2). 55], descīsco (with tall form of I on Mon. Anc. v. 28, which also offers nascerer with an apex over the a); though at a later time, when the difference of quantity between vowels had become less marked, we find some uncertainty about the e of quiesco (see Gellius, vii. 15, who decides in favour of quiēsco, on the strength of călēsco, nĭtēsco, stŭpēsco and other Inceptives ; cf. ch. ii. § 144).
      3. ^ W. Sidney Allen (1978) Vox Latina, 2nd edition, pages 38-39:
        Vowels before sc. Before the verbal suffix -sc- the vowel is long in nearly all cases (nōsco, crēsco, pāsco, nāscor, quiēsco, obliuīscor, rubēsco, nancīscor, etc.); probable exceptions are pŏsco, dĭsco, compĕsco, Old Latin ĕscit, similarly mĭsceo, in which the sc derives from originally more complex consonant-groups. The rule is implied in general by Gellius (vii, 15), and supported by inscriptional forms such as créscéns (also Κρησκης), consenésceret, nótésceret, d(esc)ꟾscentem, náscerer, quiéscere, oblꟾuꟾscemur, erceiscunda; absence of vowel weakening in a medial syllable also indicates ā for hiasco (which would otherwise become hiesco).

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      -esco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escos, feminine plural -escas)

      1. Forms adjectives that signify comparison, relation or resemblance to the word stem (-like, -esque)
        animal (animal) + ‎-esco → ‎animalesco (animalesque, animal-like)
        livro (book) + ‎-esco → ‎livresco (related to books)

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈesko/ [ˈes.ko]
      • Rhymes: -esko
      • Syllabification: -es‧co

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      -esco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escos, feminine plural -escas)

      1. alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
        libro (book) + ‎-esco → ‎libresco (related to books)

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      -esco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -escos)

      1. alternative form of -sco; forms augmentative nouns
      2. alternative form of -sco; forms collective nouns

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