tenebresco

Latin

Etymology

From tenebrae (“darkness”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbreːs.koː/, [t̪ɛnɛˈbreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbres.ko/, [t̪eneˈbrɛsko]

Verb

tenebrēscō (present infinitive tenebrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to darken, grow dark, dim, gloomy

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tenebrēscō	tenebrēscis	tenebrēscit	tenebrēscimus	tenebrēscitis	tenebrēscunt
	imperfect	tenebrēscēbam	tenebrēscēbās	tenebrēscēbat	tenebrēscēbāmus	tenebrēscēbātis	tenebrēscēbant
	future	tenebrēscam	tenebrēscēs	tenebrēscet	tenebrēscēmus	tenebrēscētis	tenebrēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tenebrēscam	tenebrēscās	tenebrēscat	tenebrēscāmus	tenebrēscātis	tenebrēscant
imperfect	tenebrēscerem	tenebrēscerēs	tenebrēsceret	tenebrēscerēmus	tenebrēscerētis	tenebrēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tenebrēsce	—	—	tenebrēscite	—
	future	—	tenebrēscitō	tenebrēscitō	—	tenebrēscitōte	tenebrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tenebrēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		tenebrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tenebrēscendī	tenebrēscendō	tenebrēscendum	tenebrēscendō	—	—

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “become dark”): illūcēscō

Related terms

• tenebellae
• tenebrae
• tenebrārius
• tenebrātiō
• tenebricō
• tenebricōsus
• tenebricus
• tenebriō
• tenebrōsus

References

• “tenebresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tenebresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.