invalesco

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ valēscō (“grow strong”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.u̯aˈleːs.koː/, [ɪnu̯äˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.vaˈles.ko/, [iɱväˈlɛsko]

Verb

invalēscō (present infinitive invalēscere, perfect active invaluī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. I become strong
2. I strengthen
3. I increase, prevail, predominate
   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:

     Hinc porro freno religionis sanctissimae proiecto […], conspicimus ordinis publicis exitum, labem principatus, omnisque legitimae potestatis conversionem invalescere.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of invalēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	invalēscō	invalēscis	invalēscit	invalēscimus	invalēscitis	invalēscunt
	imperfect	invalēscēbam	invalēscēbās	invalēscēbat	invalēscēbāmus	invalēscēbātis	invalēscēbant
	future	invalēscam	invalēscēs	invalēscet	invalēscēmus	invalēscētis	invalēscent
	perfect	invaluī	invaluistī	invaluit	invaluimus	invaluistis	invaluērunt, invaluēre
	pluperfect	invalueram	invaluerās	invaluerat	invaluerāmus	invaluerātis	invaluerant
	future perfect	invaluerō	invalueris	invaluerit	invaluerimus	invalueritis	invaluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	invalēscam	invalēscās	invalēscat	invalēscāmus	invalēscātis	invalēscant
	imperfect	invalēscerem	invalēscerēs	invalēsceret	invalēscerēmus	invalēscerētis	invalēscerent
	perfect	invaluerim	invaluerīs	invaluerit	invaluerīmus	invaluerītis	invaluerint
	pluperfect	invaluissem	invaluissēs	invaluisset	invaluissēmus	invaluissētis	invaluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	invalēsce	—	—	invalēscite	—
	future	—	invalēscitō	invalēscitō	—	invalēscitōte	invalēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		invalēscere	invaluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		invalēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		invalēscendī	invalēscendō	invalēscendum	invalēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• valeō
• valēscō

References

• “invalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “invalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invalesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette