grandesco

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdeːs.koː/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdes.ko/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

grandēscō (present infinitive grandēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to become great; grow

Conjugation

   Conjugation of grandēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	grandēscō		grandēscis		grandēscit		grandēscimus		grandēscitis		grandēscunt
	imperfect	grandēscēbam		grandēscēbās		grandēscēbat		grandēscēbāmus		grandēscēbātis		grandēscēbant
	future	grandēscam		grandēscēs		grandēscet		grandēscēmus		grandēscētis		grandēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	grandēscam		grandēscās		grandēscat		grandēscāmus		grandēscātis		grandēscant
	imperfect	grandēscerem		grandēscerēs		grandēsceret		grandēscerēmus		grandēscerētis		grandēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		grandēsce		—		—		grandēscite		—
	future	—		grandēscitō		grandēscitō		—		grandēscitōte		grandēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		grandēscere			—			grandēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		grandēscendī		grandēscendō		grandēscendum		grandēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• grandiō
• grandis

References

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