tenebresco

Latin

Etymology

From tenebrae (“darkness”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbreːs.koː/

Verb

tenebrēscō (defective conjugation)

I darken, grow dark, dim, gloomy.

Inflection

This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.

Conjugation of tenebresco (third conjugation, defective)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tenebrēscō	tenebrēscis	tenebrēscit	tenebrēscimus	tenebrēscitis	tenebrēscunt
	imperfect	tenebrēscēbam	tenebrēscēbās	tenebrēscēbat	tenebrēscēbāmus	tenebrēscēbātis	tenebrēscēbant
	future	tenebrēscam	tenebrēscēs	tenebrēscet	tenebrēscēmus	tenebrēscētis	tenebrēscent
passive	present	tenebrēscor	tenebrēsceris, tenebrēscere	tenebrēscitur	tenebrēscimur	tenebrēsciminī	tenebrēscuntur
	imperfect	tenebrēscēbar	tenebrēscēbāris, tenebrēscēbāre	tenebrēscēbātur	tenebrēscēbāmur	tenebrēscēbāminī	tenebrēscēbantur
	future	tenebrēscar	tenebrēscēris, tenebrēscēre	tenebrēscētur	tenebrēscēmur	tenebrēscēminī	tenebrēscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tenebrēscam	tenebrēscās	tenebrēscat	tenebrēscāmus	tenebrēscātis	tenebrēscant
active	imperfect	tenebrēscerem	tenebrēscerēs	tenebrēsceret	tenebrēscerēmus	tenebrēscerētis	tenebrēscerent
passive	present	tenebrēscar	tenebrēscāris, tenebrēscāre	tenebrēscātur	tenebrēscāmur	tenebrēscāminī	tenebrēscantur
passive	imperfect	tenebrēscerer	tenebrēscerēris, tenebrēscerēre	tenebrēscerētur	tenebrēscerēmur	tenebrēscerēminī	tenebrēscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tenebrēsce	—	—	tenebrēscite	—
active	future	—	tenebrēscitō	tenebrēscitō	—	tenebrēscitōte	tenebrēscuntō
passive	present	—	tenebrēscere	—	—	tenebrēsciminī	—
passive	future	—	tenebrēscitor	tenebrēscitor	—	—	tenebrēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tenebrēscere	—	—	tenebrēscī	—	—
participles		tenebrēscēns	—	—	—	—	tenebrēscendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		tenebrēscere	tenebrēscendī	tenebrēscendō	tenebrēscendum	—	—

Antonyms

(become dark): illūsēscō

Related terms

References

tenebresco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tenebresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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