crepusculascens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally the present participle of an unattested verb *crepusculāscit (“it becomes twilight; dusk falls”) that relates to crepusculum in a similar way as vesperāscit relates to vespera.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaːs.kens/, [krɛpʊs̠kʊˈɫ̪äːs̠kẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaʃ.ʃens/, [krepuskuˈläʃːens]
Adjective
[edit]crepusculāscēns (genitive crepusculāscentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- growing dusky
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | ||
| genitive | crepusculāscentis | crepusculāscentium | |||
| dative | crepusculāscentī | crepusculāscentibus | |||
| accusative | crepusculāscentem | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | |
| ablative | crepusculāscentī | crepusculāscentibus | |||
| vocative | crepusculāscēns | crepusculāscentēs | crepusculāscentia | ||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “crepusculascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crepusculascens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.