albescente

Latin

Etymology 1

Participle

albēscente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albēscēns

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of albēscente caelō/diē (ablative absolute, literally “at the sky/day(light) starting to become white”). Attested in the Peregrinatio Etheriae.

Adverb

albēscente (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin, hapax) at the break of day

   Synonyms: (Classical Latin) māne, prīmō dīlūculō, prīmā lūce, sōle oriente

   Antonym: (Late Latin) vesperāscente

References

• “albēsco” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Portuguese

Adjective

albescente m or f (plural albescentes)

1. albescent (becoming white)