viridesco

Latin

Etymology

From viridis (“green”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.riˈdes.ko/, [u̯ɪrɪˈd̪ɛs̠kɔ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.riˈdes.ko/, [viriˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

viridēscō (present infinitive viridēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to become green

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	viridēscō		viridēscis		viridēscit		viridēscimus		viridēscitis		viridēscunt
	imperfect	viridēscēbam		viridēscēbās		viridēscēbat		viridēscēbāmus		viridēscēbātis		viridēscēbant
	future	viridēscam		viridēscēs		viridēscet		viridēscēmus		viridēscētis		viridēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	viridēscam		viridēscās		viridēscat		viridēscāmus		viridēscātis		viridēscant
	imperfect	viridēscerem		viridēscerēs		viridēsceret		viridēscerēmus		viridēscerētis		viridēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		viridēsce		—		—		viridēscite		—
	future	—		viridēscitō		viridēscitō		—		viridēscitōte		viridēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		viridēscere			—			viridēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		viridēscendī		viridēscendō		viridēscendum		viridēscendō		—		—

Descendants

• Aromanian: nvirdzãscu
• Catalan: enverdir
• French: verdir
• Italian: inverdire
• Occitan: verdir
• Portuguese: enverdecer
• Romanian: înverzi
• Spanish: enverdecer

References

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