claresco

Latin

Etymology

From clāreō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

clārēscō (present infinitive clārēscere, perfect active clāruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be illuminated
  2. to brighten
  3. (by extension) to become renowned, illustrous, known
  4. (by extension) to become clear, distinct, hearable
    1. (to the mind) to become distinct, clear

Conjugation

   Conjugation of clārēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clārēscō clārēscis clārēscit clārēscimus clārēscitis clārēscunt
imperfect clārēscēbam clārēscēbās clārēscēbat clārēscēbāmus clārēscēbātis clārēscēbant
future clārēscam clārēscēs clārēscet clārēscēmus clārēscētis clārēscent
perfect clāruī clāruistī clāruit clāruimus clāruistis clāruērunt,
clāruēre
pluperfect clārueram clāruerās clāruerat clāruerāmus clāruerātis clāruerant
future perfect clāruerō clārueris clāruerit clāruerimus clārueritis clāruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clārēscam clārēscās clārēscat clārēscāmus clārēscātis clārēscant
imperfect clārēscerem clārēscerēs clārēsceret clārēscerēmus clārēscerētis clārēscerent
perfect clāruerim clāruerīs clāruerit clāruerīmus clāruerītis clāruerint
pluperfect clāruissem clāruissēs clāruisset clāruissēmus clāruissētis clāruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — clārēsce — — clārēscite —
future — clārēscitō clārēscitō — clārēscitōte clārēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present clārēscere — clārēscēns —
perfect clāruisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
clārēscendī clārēscendō clārēscendum clārēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: esclarecer
  • Spanish: clarecer, esclarecer

References

  • “claresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “claresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • claresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
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