albesco
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From albeō (“I am white”) + -scō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbeːs.koː/, [äɫ̪ˈbeːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbes.ko/, [älˈbɛsko]
Verb[edit]
albēscō (present infinitive albēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to become white, pale
- to gleam
- (figuratively) to dawn
Conjugation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (become white): cānēscō
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: alghescu
- English: albescence, albescent
- Romanian: albi
References[edit]
- “albesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “albesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- albesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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