incresco

Italian

Verb

incresco

1. first-person singular present indicative of increscere

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crēscō (“grow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkreːs.koː/, [ɪŋˈkreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkres.ko/, [iŋˈkrɛsko]

Verb

incrēscō (present infinitive incrēscere, perfect active incrēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to grow in or upon
2. to swell, or be swollen

Conjugation

Conjugation of incrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incrēscō	incrēscis	incrēscit	incrēscimus	incrēscitis	incrēscunt
	imperfect	incrēscēbam	incrēscēbās	incrēscēbat	incrēscēbāmus	incrēscēbātis	incrēscēbant
	future	incrēscam	incrēscēs	incrēscet	incrēscēmus	incrēscētis	incrēscent
	perfect	incrēvī	incrēvistī	incrēvit	incrēvimus	incrēvistis	incrēvērunt, incrēvēre
	pluperfect	incrēveram	incrēverās	incrēverat	incrēverāmus	incrēverātis	incrēverant
	future perfect	incrēverō	incrēveris	incrēverit	incrēverimus	incrēveritis	incrēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incrēscam	incrēscās	incrēscat	incrēscāmus	incrēscātis	incrēscant
	imperfect	incrēscerem	incrēscerēs	incrēsceret	incrēscerēmus	incrēscerētis	incrēscerent
	perfect	incrēverim	incrēverīs	incrēverit	incrēverīmus	incrēverītis	incrēverint
	pluperfect	incrēvissem	incrēvissēs	incrēvisset	incrēvissēmus	incrēvissētis	incrēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	incrēsce	—	—	incrēscite	—
	future	—	incrēscitō	incrēscitō	—	incrēscitōte	incrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		incrēscere	incrēvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		incrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		incrēscendī	incrēscendō	incrēscendum	incrēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• incrementum

Related terms

• crēscō
• dēcrēscō

Descendants

• Italian: increscere
• Old French: encreistre
  • → English: increase

References

• “incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)