evilesco
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]ex- + vīlis (“worthless, cheap”) + -ēscō. Predates vīlēscō by several centuries.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.u̯iːˈleːs.koː/, [eːu̯iːˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.viˈles.ko/, [eviˈlɛsko]
Verb
[edit]ēvīlēscō (present infinitive ēvīlēscere, perfect active ēvīluī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (intransitive, rare) to become worthless, despicable
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “evilesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “evilesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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