claresco

Latin

Etymology

From clāreō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klaːˈreːs.koː/, [kɫ̪äːˈreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klaˈres.ko/, [kläˈrɛsko]

Verb

clārēscō (present infinitive clārēscere, perfect active clāruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be illuminated
2. to brighten
3. (by extension) to become renowned, illustrous, known
4. (by extension) to become clear, distinct, hearable
   1. (to the mind) to become distinct, clear

Conjugation

   Conjugation of clārēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	clārēscō		clārēscis		clārēscit		clārēscimus		clārēscitis		clārēscunt
	imperfect	clārēscēbam		clārēscēbās		clārēscēbat		clārēscēbāmus		clārēscēbātis		clārēscēbant
	future	clārēscam		clārēscēs		clārēscet		clārēscēmus		clārēscētis		clārēscent
	perfect	clāruī		clāruistī		clāruit		clāruimus		clāruistis		clāruērunt, clāruēre
	pluperfect	clārueram		clāruerās		clāruerat		clāruerāmus		clāruerātis		clāruerant
	future perfect	clāruerō		clārueris		clāruerit		clāruerimus		clārueritis		clāruerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	clārēscam		clārēscās		clārēscat		clārēscāmus		clārēscātis		clārēscant
	imperfect	clārēscerem		clārēscerēs		clārēsceret		clārēscerēmus		clārēscerētis		clārēscerent
	perfect	clāruerim		clāruerīs		clāruerit		clāruerīmus		clāruerītis		clāruerint
	pluperfect	clāruissem		clāruissēs		clāruisset		clāruissēmus		clāruissētis		clāruissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		clārēsce		—		—		clārēscite		—
	future	—		clārēscitō		clārēscitō		—		clārēscitōte		clārēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		clārēscere			—			clārēscēns			—
perfect		clāruisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		clārēscendī		clārēscendō		clārēscendum		clārēscendō		—		—

Derived terms

• inclārēscō
• perclārēscō

Descendants

• Portuguese: esclarecer
• Spanish: clarecer, esclarecer

References

• “claresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “claresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• claresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere