tenebresco

Latin

Etymology

From tenebrae (“darkness”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /te.neˈbreːs.koː/, [t̪ɛnɛˈbreːs̠koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.neˈbres.ko/, [t̪eneˈbrɛsko]

Verb

tenebrēscō (present infinitive tenebrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. I darken, grow dark, dim, gloomy.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of tenebrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tenebrēscō tenebrēscis tenebrēscit tenebrēscimus tenebrēscitis tenebrēscunt
imperfect tenebrēscēbam tenebrēscēbās tenebrēscēbat tenebrēscēbāmus tenebrēscēbātis tenebrēscēbant
future tenebrēscam tenebrēscēs tenebrēscet tenebrēscēmus tenebrēscētis tenebrēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tenebrēscam tenebrēscās tenebrēscat tenebrēscāmus tenebrēscātis tenebrēscant
imperfect tenebrēscerem tenebrēscerēs tenebrēsceret tenebrēscerēmus tenebrēscerētis tenebrēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tenebrēsce — — tenebrēscite —
future — tenebrēscitō tenebrēscitō — tenebrēscitōte tenebrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tenebrēscere — — — — —
participles tenebrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tenebrēscendī tenebrēscendō tenebrēscendum tenebrēscendō — —

Antonyms
  • (become dark): illūsēscō

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