crepusculascens

Latin

Etymology

Originally the present participle of an unattested verb *crepusculāscit (“it becomes twilight; dusk falls”) that relates to crepusculum in a similar way as vesperāscit relates to vespera.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaːs.kens/, [krɛpʊs̠kʊˈɫ̪äːs̠kẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kre.pus.kuˈlaʃ.ʃens/, [krepuskuˈläʃːens]

Adjective

crepusculāscēns (genitive crepusculāscentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. growing dusky

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	crepusculāscēns			crepusculāscentēs	crepusculāscentia
Genitive	crepusculāscentis			crepusculāscentium
Dative	crepusculāscentī			crepusculāscentibus
Accusative	crepusculāscentem	crepusculāscēns		crepusculāscentēs	crepusculāscentia
Ablative	crepusculāscentī			crepusculāscentibus
Vocative	crepusculāscēns			crepusculāscentēs	crepusculāscentia

Related terms

• crepusculum
• creper
• creperum

References

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