valesco

Latin

Etymology

From valeō +‎ -scō: beginning to get better.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈleːs.koː/, [u̯äˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈles.ko/, [väˈlɛsko]

Verb

valēscō (present infinitive valēscere, perfect active valuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to grow strong, acquire strength

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valēscō	valēscis	valēscit	valēscimus	valēscitis	valēscunt
	imperfect	valēscēbam	valēscēbās	valēscēbat	valēscēbāmus	valēscēbātis	valēscēbant
	future	valēscam	valēscēs	valēscet	valēscēmus	valēscētis	valēscent
	perfect	valuī	valuistī	valuit	valuimus	valuistis	valuērunt, valuēre
	pluperfect	valueram	valuerās	valuerat	valuerāmus	valuerātis	valuerant
	future perfect	valuerō	valueris	valuerit	valuerimus	valueritis	valuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valēscam	valēscās	valēscat	valēscāmus	valēscātis	valēscant
	imperfect	valēscerem	valēscerēs	valēsceret	valēscerēmus	valēscerētis	valēscerent
	perfect	valuerim	valuerīs	valuerit	valuerīmus	valuerītis	valuerint
	pluperfect	valuissem	valuissēs	valuisset	valuissēmus	valuissētis	valuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	valēsce	—	—	valēscite	—
	future	—	valēscitō	valēscitō	—	valēscitōte	valēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		valēscere	valuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		valēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		valēscendī	valēscendō	valēscendum	valēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• ēvalēscō

References

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