exolesco
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.soˈles.koː/, [ɛk.sɔˈɫɛs.koː]
Verb
exolescō (present infinitive exolescere, perfect active exolēvī, supine exolētum); third conjugation
- ; (intransitive)
- I grow out, I attain my full size, grow up
- (in general) I grow up, become full-grown, I mature
- (in particular) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
- (chiefly ante-Augustan) I grow to an end, I stop growing
- (transferred sense, in general) I grow out of use, out of date, I become obsolete, I pass away, cease
- exolescentēs litterae
- disappearing [i.e., rubbed off] letters
Conjugation
Derived terms
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)
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.