valesco

Latin

Etymology

From valeō +‎ -scō: beginning to get better.

Pronunciation

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 passive, no supine stem)
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present valēscere — valēscēns —
perfect valuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
valēscendī valēscendō valēscendum valēscendō — —

Derived terms

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.
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