seresco

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kseros (“dry”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), Old High German serawēn, Old Armenian չոր (čʻor), Middle Armenian չիր (čʻir) and perhaps Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá, “sharp, acrid, pungent”). Possibly the inchoative of an unattested verb *serō, which also produced the adjective serēnus.[1]

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to become dry, dry off
Conjugation
   Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serēscō serēscis serēscit serēscimus serēscitis serēscunt
imperfect serēscēbam serēscēbās serēscēbat serēscēbāmus serēscēbātis serēscēbant
future serēscam serēscēs serēscet serēscēmus serēscētis serēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serēscam serēscās serēscat serēscāmus serēscātis serēscant
imperfect serēscerem serēscerēs serēsceret serēscerēmus serēscerētis serēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — serēsce — — serēscite —
future — serēscitō serēscitō — serēscitōte serēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serēscere — — — — —
participles serēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
serēscendī serēscendō serēscendum serēscendō — —

Etymology 2

serum (“whey”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

serēscō (present infinitive serēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to turn into whey
Conjugation
   Conjugation of serēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serēscō serēscis serēscit serēscimus serēscitis serēscunt
imperfect serēscēbam serēscēbās serēscēbat serēscēbāmus serēscēbātis serēscēbant
future serēscam serēscēs serēscet serēscēmus serēscētis serēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serēscam serēscās serēscat serēscāmus serēscātis serēscant
imperfect serēscerem serēscerēs serēsceret serēscerēmus serēscerētis serēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — serēsce — — serēscite —
future — serēscitō serēscitō — serēscitōte serēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serēscere — — — — —
participles serēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
serēscendī serēscendō serēscendum serēscendō — —

References
  • “seresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
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