excresco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈskreːs.koː/, [ɛkˈs̠kreːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈskres.ko/, [ekˈskrɛsko]
Verb edit
excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to grow out, grow up
- (intransitive, figuratively) to grow excessively
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers