Latin edit

Etymology edit

From aurum (gold) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

aurēscō (present infinitive aurēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to become of the color of gold

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of aurēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aurēscō aurēscis aurēscit aurēscimus aurēscitis aurēscunt
imperfect aurēscēbam aurēscēbās aurēscēbat aurēscēbāmus aurēscēbātis aurēscēbant
future aurēscam aurēscēs aurēscet aurēscēmus aurēscētis aurēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aurēscam aurēscās aurēscat aurēscāmus aurēscātis aurēscant
imperfect aurēscerem aurēscerēs aurēsceret aurēscerēmus aurēscerētis aurēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aurēsce aurēscite
future aurēscitō aurēscitō aurēscitōte aurēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives aurēscere
participles aurēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aurēscendī aurēscendō aurēscendum aurēscendō

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Romanian: auri

References edit

  • auresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • auresco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016