ingravesco

Latin

Etymology

From ingravō +‎ -ēscō (forms inchoative verbs).

Verb

ingravēscō (present infinitive ingravēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to become heavy (or heavier)
  2. to become burdensome
  3. to become worse
  4. to worsen

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ingravēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ingravēscō ingravēscis ingravēscit ingravēscimus ingravēscitis ingravēscunt
imperfect ingravēscēbam ingravēscēbās ingravēscēbat ingravēscēbāmus ingravēscēbātis ingravēscēbant
future ingravēscam ingravēscēs ingravēscet ingravēscēmus ingravēscētis ingravēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ingravēscam ingravēscās ingravēscat ingravēscāmus ingravēscātis ingravēscant
imperfect ingravēscerem ingravēscerēs ingravēsceret ingravēscerēmus ingravēscerētis ingravēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ingravēsce — — ingravēscite —
future — ingravēscitō ingravēscitō — ingravēscitōte ingravēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ingravēscere — ingravēscēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ingravēscendī ingravēscendō ingravēscendum ingravēscendō — —

References

  • “ingravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ingravesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ingravesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the disease gets worse: morbus ingravescit
    • the price of corn is going up: annona ingravescit, crescit
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