viridesco

Latin

Etymology

From viridis (“green”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.riˈdes.ko/, [u̯ɪrɪˈd̪ɛs̠kɔ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.riˈdes.ko/, [viriˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

viridēscō (present infinitive viridēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become green

Conjugation

Conjugation of viridēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	viridēscō	viridēscis	viridēscit	viridēscimus	viridēscitis	viridēscunt
	imperfect	viridēscēbam	viridēscēbās	viridēscēbat	viridēscēbāmus	viridēscēbātis	viridēscēbant
	future	viridēscam	viridēscēs	viridēscet	viridēscēmus	viridēscētis	viridēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	viridēscam	viridēscās	viridēscat	viridēscāmus	viridēscātis	viridēscant
	imperfect	viridēscerem	viridēscerēs	viridēsceret	viridēscerēmus	viridēscerētis	viridēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	viridēsce	—	—	viridēscite	—
	future	—	viridēscitō	viridēscitō	—	viridēscitōte	viridēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		viridēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		viridēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		viridēscendī	viridēscendō	viridēscendum	viridēscendō	—	—

Descendants

• Aromanian: nvirdzãscu
• Catalan: enverdir
• French: verdir
• Italian: inverdire
• Occitan: verdir
• Portuguese: enverdecer
• Romanian: înverzi
• Spanish: enverdecer

References

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