grandesco

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdeːs.koː/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdes.ko/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

grandēscō (present infinitive grandēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become great; grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of grandēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	grandēscō	grandēscis	grandēscit	grandēscimus	grandēscitis	grandēscunt
	imperfect	grandēscēbam	grandēscēbās	grandēscēbat	grandēscēbāmus	grandēscēbātis	grandēscēbant
	future	grandēscam	grandēscēs	grandēscet	grandēscēmus	grandēscētis	grandēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	grandēscam	grandēscās	grandēscat	grandēscāmus	grandēscātis	grandēscant
	imperfect	grandēscerem	grandēscerēs	grandēsceret	grandēscerēmus	grandēscerētis	grandēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	grandēsce	—	—	grandēscite	—
	future	—	grandēscitō	grandēscitō	—	grandēscitōte	grandēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		grandēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		grandēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		grandēscendī	grandēscendō	grandēscendum	grandēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• grandiō
• grandis

References

• “grandesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “grandesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grandesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.