crebresco

Latin

Alternative forms

• crēbēscō

Etymology

From crēber (“frequent, numerous, repeated”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kreːˈbreːs.koː/, [kreːˈbreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kreˈbres.ko/, [kreˈbrɛsko]

Verb

crēbrēscō (present infinitive crēbrēscere, perfect active crēbruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become frequent; to increase; to grow strong; to be on the rise
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Valetudo Finnorum minus prospera [1], Nuntii Latini 20.4.2018:

     Obesitas et symptoma depressionis crebrescunt atque alta pressio sanguinis et cholesterolum nimis altum sunt adhuc communia.

     Obesity and symptoms of depression are on the rise, and high blood pressure and high cholesterol are still common.

2. (of a rumor) to be spread
3. (of a statement) to be generally reported

Conjugation

Conjugation of crēbrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēbrēscō	crēbrēscis	crēbrēscit	crēbrēscimus	crēbrēscitis	crēbrēscunt
	imperfect	crēbrēscēbam	crēbrēscēbās	crēbrēscēbat	crēbrēscēbāmus	crēbrēscēbātis	crēbrēscēbant
	future	crēbrēscam	crēbrēscēs	crēbrēscet	crēbrēscēmus	crēbrēscētis	crēbrēscent
	perfect	crēbruī	crēbruistī	crēbruit	crēbruimus	crēbruistis	crēbruērunt, crēbruēre
	pluperfect	crēbrueram	crēbruerās	crēbruerat	crēbruerāmus	crēbruerātis	crēbruerant
	future perfect	crēbruerō	crēbrueris	crēbruerit	crēbruerimus	crēbrueritis	crēbruerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēbrēscam	crēbrēscās	crēbrēscat	crēbrēscāmus	crēbrēscātis	crēbrēscant
	imperfect	crēbrēscerem	crēbrēscerēs	crēbrēsceret	crēbrēscerēmus	crēbrēscerētis	crēbrēscerent
	perfect	crēbruerim	crēbruerīs	crēbruerit	crēbruerīmus	crēbruerītis	crēbruerint
	pluperfect	crēbruissem	crēbruissēs	crēbruisset	crēbruissēmus	crēbruissētis	crēbruissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	crēbrēsce	—	—	crēbrēscite	—
	future	—	crēbrēscitō	crēbrēscitō	—	crēbrēscitōte	crēbrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		crēbrēscere	crēbruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		crēbrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		crēbrēscendī	crēbrēscendō	crēbrēscendum	crēbrēscendō	—	—

References

• “crebresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crebresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers