viresco

Latin

Etymology 1

From vireō (I am green) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

virēscō (present infinitive virēscere, perfect active viruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow
  2. to become green, become verdant
  3. to shoot forth
  4. to flourish, prosper, grow
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From vīs (force) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

vīrēscō (present infinitive vīrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to gain back one's old strength
    • Aulus Fūrius Antiās in Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,4:
      incrēscunt animī, vīrēscit volnere virtūs.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 125 CEc. 180 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctēs Atticae 18,11,3:
      Quae reprehendit autem Caesellius Fūriāna, haec sunt: quod [...] dīxerit [...] prīstinās reciperāre vīrēs vīrēscere [...].
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

References

  • viresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • viresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • viresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.