crescens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of crēscō (“I grow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːs.kens/, [ˈkreːs̠kẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkreʃ.ʃens/, [ˈkrɛʃːens]

Participle

crēscēns (genitive crēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. coming to be.
2. becoming visible, springing from, arising, coming forth.
3. increasing, rising, growing, thriving; multiplying, augmenting.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	crēscēns			crēscentēs	crēscentia
genitive	crēscentis			crēscentium
dative	crēscentī			crēscentibus
accusative	crēscentem	crēscēns		crēscentēs crēscentīs	crēscentia
ablative	crēscente crēscentī1			crēscentibus
vocative	crēscēns			crēscentēs	crēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• French: croissant
  • → English: croissant
• Galician: crecente, Crecente
• Italian: crescente
• Piedmontese: carsent
• Spanish: creciente
• → English: crescent
• →? Portuguese: crescente