seresco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈreːs.koː/, [s̠ɛˈreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈres.ko/, [seˈrɛsko]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kseros (“dry”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), Old High German serawēn, Old Armenian չոր (čʻor), Middle Armenian չիր (čʻir) and perhaps Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá, “sharp, acrid, pungent”). Possibly the inchoative of an unattested verb *serō, which also produced the adjective serēnus.

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become dry, dry off

Conjugation

Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serēscō	serēscis	serēscit	serēscimus	serēscitis	serēscunt
	imperfect	serēscēbam	serēscēbās	serēscēbat	serēscēbāmus	serēscēbātis	serēscēbant
	future	serēscam	serēscēs	serēscet	serēscēmus	serēscētis	serēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serēscam	serēscās	serēscat	serēscāmus	serēscātis	serēscant
	imperfect	serēscerem	serēscerēs	serēsceret	serēscerēmus	serēscerētis	serēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	serēsce	—	—	serēscite	—
	future	—	serēscitō	serēscitō	—	serēscitōte	serēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		serēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		serēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		serēscendī	serēscendō	serēscendum	serēscendō	—	—

Etymology 2

serum (“whey”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to turn into whey

Conjugation

Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serēscō	serēscis	serēscit	serēscimus	serēscitis	serēscunt
	imperfect	serēscēbam	serēscēbās	serēscēbat	serēscēbāmus	serēscēbātis	serēscēbant
	future	serēscam	serēscēs	serēscet	serēscēmus	serēscētis	serēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	serēscam	serēscās	serēscat	serēscāmus	serēscātis	serēscant
	imperfect	serēscerem	serēscerēs	serēsceret	serēscerēmus	serēscerētis	serēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	serēsce	—	—	serēscite	—
	future	—	serēscitō	serēscitō	—	serēscitōte	serēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		serēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		serēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		serēscendī	serēscendō	serēscendum	serēscendō	—	—

References

• “seresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• seresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.