seresco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈreːs.koː/, [s̠ɛˈreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈres.ko/, [seˈrɛsko]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kseros (“dry”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), Old High German serawēn, Old Armenian չոր (čʻor), Middle Armenian չիր (čʻir) and perhaps Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá, “sharp, acrid, pungent”). Possibly the inchoative of an unattested verb *serō, which also produced the adjective serēnus.

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to become dry, dry off

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serēscō		serēscis		serēscit		serēscimus		serēscitis		serēscunt
	imperfect	serēscēbam		serēscēbās		serēscēbat		serēscēbāmus		serēscēbātis		serēscēbant
	future	serēscam		serēscēs		serēscet		serēscēmus		serēscētis		serēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serēscam		serēscās		serēscat		serēscāmus		serēscātis		serēscant
	imperfect	serēscerem		serēscerēs		serēsceret		serēscerēmus		serēscerētis		serēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		serēsce		—		—		serēscite		—
	future	—		serēscitō		serēscitō		—		serēscitōte		serēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		serēscere			—			serēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		serēscendī		serēscendō		serēscendum		serēscendō		—		—

Etymology 2

serum (“whey”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to turn into whey

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serēscō		serēscis		serēscit		serēscimus		serēscitis		serēscunt
	imperfect	serēscēbam		serēscēbās		serēscēbat		serēscēbāmus		serēscēbātis		serēscēbant
	future	serēscam		serēscēs		serēscet		serēscēmus		serēscētis		serēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	serēscam		serēscās		serēscat		serēscāmus		serēscātis		serēscant
	imperfect	serēscerem		serēscerēs		serēsceret		serēscerēmus		serēscerētis		serēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		serēsce		—		—		serēscite		—
	future	—		serēscitō		serēscitō		—		serēscitōte		serēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		serēscere			—			serēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		serēscendī		serēscendō		serēscendum		serēscendō		—		—

Further reading

• “seresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• seresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.