macresco

Latin

FWOTD – 6 January 2021

Etymology

From macer (“lean, meagre”) +‎ -ēscō (“I become”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈkreːs.koː/, [mäˈkreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈkres.ko/, [mäˈkrɛsko]

Verb

macrēscō (present infinitive macrēscere, perfect active macruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become thin, lean, meagre

Conjugation

   Conjugation of macrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	macrēscō	macrēscis	macrēscit	macrēscimus	macrēscitis	macrēscunt
	imperfect	macrēscēbam	macrēscēbās	macrēscēbat	macrēscēbāmus	macrēscēbātis	macrēscēbant
	future	macrēscam	macrēscēs	macrēscet	macrēscēmus	macrēscētis	macrēscent
	perfect	macruī	macruistī	macruit	macruimus	macruistis	macruērunt, macruēre
	pluperfect	macrueram	macruerās	macruerat	macruerāmus	macruerātis	macruerant
	future perfect	macruerō	macrueris	macruerit	macruerimus	macrueritis	macruerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	macrēscam	macrēscās	macrēscat	macrēscāmus	macrēscātis	macrēscant
imperfect	macrēscerem	macrēscerēs	macrēsceret	macrēscerēmus	macrēscerētis	macrēscerent
perfect	macruerim	macruerīs	macruerit	macruerīmus	macruerītis	macruerint
pluperfect	macruissem	macruissēs	macruisset	macruissēmus	macruissētis	macruissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	macrēsce	—	—	macrēscite	—
	future	—	macrēscitō	macrēscitō	—	macrēscitōte	macrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		macrēscere	macruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		macrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		macrēscendī	macrēscendō	macrēscendum	macrēscendō	—	—

References

• “macresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• macresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• macresco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016