exolesco

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ex- +‎ olēscō (“I grow”).

Verb

exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere, perfect active exolēvī, supine exolētum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to grow out, to attain one's full size, grow up
    1. (in general) to grow up, become full-grown, to mature
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  2. (chiefly ante-Augustan) to grow to an end, to stop growing
    Multa sunt quae neglegentiā exolescunt et fīunt sterilia.
    There are many that stop growing and are rendered barren by neglect.
    1. (transferred sense, in general) to grow out of use, out of date, to become obsolete, to pass away, cease
      exolescentēs litterae
      disappearing [i.e., rubbed off] letters
Conjugation
  • The only attested passive forms are those from exolētus, which is used in an active sense.
   Conjugation of exolēscō (third conjugation, no passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exolēscō exolēscis exolēscit exolēscimus exolēscitis exolēscunt
imperfect exolēscēbam exolēscēbās exolēscēbat exolēscēbāmus exolēscēbātis exolēscēbant
future exolēscam exolēscēs exolēscet exolēscēmus exolēscētis exolēscent
perfect exolēvī exolēvistī exolēvit exolēvimus exolēvistis exolēvērunt,
exolēvēre
pluperfect exolēveram exolēverās exolēverat exolēverāmus exolēverātis exolēverant
future perfect exolēverō exolēveris exolēverit exolēverimus exolēveritis exolēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exolēscam exolēscās exolēscat exolēscāmus exolēscātis exolēscant
imperfect exolēscerem exolēscerēs exolēsceret exolēscerēmus exolēscerētis exolēscerent
perfect exolēverim exolēverīs exolēverit exolēverīmus exolēverītis exolēverint
pluperfect exolēvissem exolēvissēs exolēvisset exolēvissēmus exolēvissētis exolēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — exolēsce — — exolēscite —
future — exolēscitō exolēscitō — exolēscitōte exolēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present exolēscere — exolēscēns —
future exolētūrum esse — exolētūrus —
perfect exolēvisse — — —
perfect potential exolētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
exolēscendī exolēscendō exolēscendum exolēscendō exolētum exolētū
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. alternative form of exsolēscō
Conjugation
   Conjugation of exolēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exolēscō exolēscis exolēscit exolēscimus exolēscitis exolēscunt
imperfect exolēscēbam exolēscēbās exolēscēbat exolēscēbāmus exolēscēbātis exolēscēbant
future exolēscam exolēscēs exolēscet exolēscēmus exolēscētis exolēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exolēscam exolēscās exolēscat exolēscāmus exolēscātis exolēscant
imperfect exolēscerem exolēscerēs exolēsceret exolēscerēmus exolēscerētis exolēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — exolēsce — — exolēscite —
future — exolēscitō exolēscitō — exolēscitōte exolēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present exolēscere — exolēscēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
exolēscendī exolēscendō exolēscendum exolēscendō — —

References

  • “exŏlesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exŏlesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 627/1.
  • “exolescō” on page 645/2–3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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