supercresco

Latin

Etymology

From super- +‎ crēscō (“grow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.perˈkreːs.koː/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈkreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈkres.ko/, [superˈkrɛsko]

Verb

supercrēscō (present infinitive supercrēscere, perfect active supercrēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. I grow up, over or on
2. I excel or outdo

Conjugation

Conjugation of supercrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supercrēscō	supercrēscis	supercrēscit	supercrēscimus	supercrēscitis	supercrēscunt
	imperfect	supercrēscēbam	supercrēscēbās	supercrēscēbat	supercrēscēbāmus	supercrēscēbātis	supercrēscēbant
	future	supercrēscam	supercrēscēs	supercrēscet	supercrēscēmus	supercrēscētis	supercrēscent
	perfect	supercrēvī	supercrēvistī	supercrēvit	supercrēvimus	supercrēvistis	supercrēvērunt, supercrēvēre
	pluperfect	supercrēveram	supercrēverās	supercrēverat	supercrēverāmus	supercrēverātis	supercrēverant
	future perfect	supercrēverō	supercrēveris	supercrēverit	supercrēverimus	supercrēveritis	supercrēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supercrēscam	supercrēscās	supercrēscat	supercrēscāmus	supercrēscātis	supercrēscant
	imperfect	supercrēscerem	supercrēscerēs	supercrēsceret	supercrēscerēmus	supercrēscerētis	supercrēscerent
	perfect	supercrēverim	supercrēverīs	supercrēverit	supercrēverīmus	supercrēverītis	supercrēverint
	pluperfect	supercrēvissem	supercrēvissēs	supercrēvisset	supercrēvissēmus	supercrēvissētis	supercrēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supercrēsce	—	—	supercrēscite	—
	future	—	supercrēscitō	supercrēscitō	—	supercrēscitōte	supercrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supercrēscere	supercrēvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		supercrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supercrēscendī	supercrēscendō	supercrēscendum	supercrēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• crēscō

Descendants

• French: surcroître
• Italian: sopraccrescere

References

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