gravesco

Latin

Etymology

gravis (“heavy”) +‎ -ēscō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈu̯eːs.koː/, [ɡräˈu̯eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈves.ko/, [ɡräˈvɛsko]

Verb

gravēscō (present infinitive gravēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to become burdened, heavy
2. (intransitive) to become pregnant
3. (intransitive) to get worse

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	gravēscō		gravēscis		gravēscit		gravēscimus		gravēscitis		gravēscunt
	imperfect	gravēscēbam		gravēscēbās		gravēscēbat		gravēscēbāmus		gravēscēbātis		gravēscēbant
	future	gravēscam		gravēscēs		gravēscet		gravēscēmus		gravēscētis		gravēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	gravēscam		gravēscās		gravēscat		gravēscāmus		gravēscātis		gravēscant
	imperfect	gravēscerem		gravēscerēs		gravēsceret		gravēscerēmus		gravēscerētis		gravēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		gravēsce		—		—		gravēscite		—
	future	—		gravēscitō		gravēscitō		—		gravēscitōte		gravēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gravēscere			—			gravēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gravēscendī		gravēscendō		gravēscendum		gravēscendō		—		—

References

• “gravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers