incresco

Italian

Verb

incresco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of increscere

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crēscō (“grow”).

Pronunciation

Verb

incrēscō (present infinitive incrēscere, perfect active incrēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow in or upon
  2. to swell, or be swollen

Conjugation
   Conjugation of incrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incrēscō incrēscis incrēscit incrēscimus incrēscitis incrēscunt
imperfect incrēscēbam incrēscēbās incrēscēbat incrēscēbāmus incrēscēbātis incrēscēbant
future incrēscam incrēscēs incrēscet incrēscēmus incrēscētis incrēscent
perfect incrēvī incrēvistī incrēvit incrēvimus incrēvistis incrēvērunt,
incrēvēre
pluperfect incrēveram incrēverās incrēverat incrēverāmus incrēverātis incrēverant
future perfect incrēverō incrēveris incrēverit incrēverimus incrēveritis incrēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incrēscam incrēscās incrēscat incrēscāmus incrēscātis incrēscant
imperfect incrēscerem incrēscerēs incrēsceret incrēscerēmus incrēscerētis incrēscerent
perfect incrēverim incrēverīs incrēverit incrēverīmus incrēverītis incrēverint
pluperfect incrēvissem incrēvissēs incrēvisset incrēvissēmus incrēvissētis incrēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — incrēsce — — incrēscite —
future — incrēscitō incrēscitō — incrēscitōte incrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives incrēscere incrēvisse — — — —
participles incrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
incrēscendī incrēscendō incrēscendum incrēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: increscere
  • Old French: encreistre

References
  • “incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
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