viresco

Latin

Etymology 1

From vireō (“I am green”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈreːs.koː/, [u̯ɪˈreːs̠koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈres.ko/, [viˈrɛsko]

Verb

virēscō (present infinitive virēscere, perfect active viruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. I grow.
  2. I become green, become verdant.
  3. I shoot forth.
  4. I flourish, prosper, grow.
Conjugation
   Conjugation of virēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present virēscō virēscis virēscit virēscimus virēscitis virēscunt
imperfect virēscēbam virēscēbās virēscēbat virēscēbāmus virēscēbātis virēscēbant
future virēscam virēscēs virēscet virēscēmus virēscētis virēscent
perfect viruī viruistī viruit viruimus viruistis viruērunt,
viruēre
pluperfect virueram viruerās viruerat viruerāmus viruerātis viruerant
future perfect viruerō virueris viruerit viruerimus virueritis viruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present virēscam virēscās virēscat virēscāmus virēscātis virēscant
imperfect virēscerem virēscerēs virēsceret virēscerēmus virēscerētis virēscerent
perfect viruerim viruerīs viruerit viruerīmus viruerītis viruerint
pluperfect viruissem viruissēs viruisset viruissēmus viruissētis viruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — virēsce — — virēscite —
future — virēscitō virēscitō — virēscitōte virēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives virēscere viruisse — — — —
participles virēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
virēscendī virēscendō virēscendum virēscendō — —

Etymology 2

From vīs (“force”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈreːs.koː/, [u̯iːˈreːs̠koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈres.ko/, [viˈrɛsko]

Verb

vīrēscō (present infinitive vīrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. I gain back my old strength
    • Aulus Fūrius Antiās in Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,4:
      incrēscunt animī, vīrēscit volnere virtūs.
    • c. 125 CE – c. 180 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,3:
      Quae reprehendit autem Caesellius Fūriāna, haec sunt: quod [...] dīxerit [...] prīstinās reciperāre vīrēs vīrēscere [...].
Conjugation
   Conjugation of vīrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vīrēscō vīrēscis vīrēscit vīrēscimus vīrēscitis vīrēscunt
imperfect vīrēscēbam vīrēscēbās vīrēscēbat vīrēscēbāmus vīrēscēbātis vīrēscēbant
future vīrēscam vīrēscēs vīrēscet vīrēscēmus vīrēscētis vīrēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vīrēscam vīrēscās vīrēscat vīrēscāmus vīrēscātis vīrēscant
imperfect vīrēscerem vīrēscerēs vīrēsceret vīrēscerēmus vīrēscerētis vīrēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vīrēsce — — vīrēscite —
future — vīrēscitō vīrēscitō — vīrēscitōte vīrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vīrēscere — — — — —
participles vīrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vīrēscendī vīrēscendō vīrēscendum vīrēscendō — —

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