exolesco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.soˈleːs.koː/, [ɛks̠ɔˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.soˈles.ko/, [eɡzoˈlɛsko]

Etymology 1

From ex- +‎ olēscō (“I grow”).

Verb

exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere, perfect active exolēvī, supine exolētum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to grow out, to attain one's full size, grow up
   1. (in general) to grow up, become full-grown, to mature
   2. (in particular) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (chiefly ante-Augustan) to grow to an end, to stop growing

   Multa sunt quae neglegentiā exolescunt et fīunt sterilia.

   There are many that stop growing and are rendered barren by neglect.

   1. (transferred sense, in general) to grow out of use, out of date, to become obsolete, to pass away, cease

      exolescentēs litterae

      disappearing [i.e., rubbed off] letters

Conjugation

• The only attested passive forms are those from exolētus, which is used in an active sense.

Conjugation of exolēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exolēscō	exolēscis	exolēscit	exolēscimus	exolēscitis	exolēscunt
	imperfect	exolēscēbam	exolēscēbās	exolēscēbat	exolēscēbāmus	exolēscēbātis	exolēscēbant
	future	exolēscam	exolēscēs	exolēscet	exolēscēmus	exolēscētis	exolēscent
	perfect	exolēvī	exolēvistī	exolēvit	exolēvimus	exolēvistis	exolēvērunt, exolēvēre
	pluperfect	exolēveram	exolēverās	exolēverat	exolēverāmus	exolēverātis	exolēverant
	future perfect	exolēverō	exolēveris	exolēverit	exolēverimus	exolēveritis	exolēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exolēscam	exolēscās	exolēscat	exolēscāmus	exolēscātis	exolēscant
	imperfect	exolēscerem	exolēscerēs	exolēsceret	exolēscerēmus	exolēscerētis	exolēscerent
	perfect	exolēverim	exolēverīs	exolēverit	exolēverīmus	exolēverītis	exolēverint
	pluperfect	exolēvissem	exolēvissēs	exolēvisset	exolēvissēmus	exolēvissētis	exolēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exolēsce	—	—	exolēscite	—
	future	—	exolēscitō	exolēscitō	—	exolēscitōte	exolēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exolēscere	exolēvisse	exolētūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		exolēscēns	—	exolētūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exolēscendī	exolēscendō	exolēscendum	exolēscendō	exolētum	exolētū

Derived terms

• exolētus

Etymology 2

Verb

exolēscō (present infinitive exolēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. Alternative form of exsolēscō

Conjugation

Conjugation of exolēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exolēscō	exolēscis	exolēscit	exolēscimus	exolēscitis	exolēscunt
	imperfect	exolēscēbam	exolēscēbās	exolēscēbat	exolēscēbāmus	exolēscēbātis	exolēscēbant
	future	exolēscam	exolēscēs	exolēscet	exolēscēmus	exolēscētis	exolēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exolēscam	exolēscās	exolēscat	exolēscāmus	exolēscātis	exolēscant
	imperfect	exolēscerem	exolēscerēs	exolēsceret	exolēscerēmus	exolēscerētis	exolēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exolēsce	—	—	exolēscite	—
	future	—	exolēscitō	exolēscitō	—	exolēscitōte	exolēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exolēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		exolēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exolēscendī	exolēscendō	exolēscendum	exolēscendō	—	—

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)