Latin edit

Etymology edit

From arbor (tree) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

arborēscō (present infinitive arborēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to become a tree
    • c. 78 CE, Pliny the Elder, edited by Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff, Naturalis Historia, book 19, chapter 23:
      namque tradunt auctores in Arabia malvas septimo mense arborescere baculorumque usum praebere.
      Indeed, authors in Arabia hand down the tradition that mallows become trees in the seventh month and see use as walking-sticks.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of arborēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present arborēscō arborēscis arborēscit arborēscimus arborēscitis arborēscunt
imperfect arborēscēbam arborēscēbās arborēscēbat arborēscēbāmus arborēscēbātis arborēscēbant
future arborēscam arborēscēs arborēscet arborēscēmus arborēscētis arborēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present arborēscam arborēscās arborēscat arborēscāmus arborēscātis arborēscant
imperfect arborēscerem arborēscerēs arborēsceret arborēscerēmus arborēscerētis arborēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present arborēsce arborēscite
future arborēscitō arborēscitō arborēscitōte arborēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives arborēscere
participles arborēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
arborēscendī arborēscendō arborēscendum arborēscendō

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

  • English: arboresce
  • Portuguese: arborescer

References edit

  • arboresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arboresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette