exolesco
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.soˈleːs.koː/, [ɛks̠ɔˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.soˈles.ko/, [eɡzoˈlɛsko]
Etymology 1 edit
From ex- + olēscō (“I grow”).
Verb edit
exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere, perfect active exolēvī, supine exolētum); third conjugation, no passive
- to grow out, to attain one's full size, grow up
- (in general) to grow up, become full-grown, to mature
- (in particular) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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- (chiefly ante-Augustan) to grow to an end, to stop growing
- (transferred sense, in general) to grow out of use, out of date, to become obsolete, to pass away, cease
- exolescentēs litterae
- disappearing [i.e., rubbed off] letters
Conjugation edit
- The only attested passive forms are those from exolētus, which is used in an active sense.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- Alternative form of exsolēscō
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “exŏlesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exŏlesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 627/1.
- “exolescō” on page 645/2–3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)