verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
crūdēscō
crūdēscō (present infinitive crūdēscere, perfect active crūduī)
Classical[kruːˈdeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[kruˈdɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to grow harsh or violent
- to grow worse
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
crūdēlior fīōcrūdēscō -ere — in Aeneis, ch. 21
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | crūdēscō | crūdēscēbam | crūdēscam | crūduī | crūdueram | crūduerō |
| 2nd sg. | crūdēscis | crūdēscēbās | crūdēscēs | crūduistī | crūduerās | crūdueris |
| 3rd sg. | crūdēscit | crūdēscēbat | crūdēscet | crūduit | crūduerat | crūduerit |
| 1st pl. | crūdēscimus | crūdēscēbāmus | crūdēscēmus | crūduimus | crūduerāmus | crūduerimus |
| 2nd pl. | crūdēscitis | crūdēscēbātis | crūdēscētis | crūduistis | crūduerātis | crūdueritis |
| 3rd pl. | crūdēscunt | crūdēscēbant | crūdēscent | crūduērunt crūduēre | crūduerant | crūduerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | crūdēscam | crūdēscerem | crūduerim | crūduissem |
| 2nd sg. | crūdēscās | crūdēscerēs | crūduerīs | crūduissēs |
| 3rd sg. | crūdēscat | crūdēsceret | crūduerit | crūduisset |
| 1st pl. | crūdēscāmus | crūdēscerēmus | crūduerīmus | crūduissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | crūdēscātis | crūdēscerētis | crūduerītis | crūduissētis |
| 3rd pl. | crūdēscant | crūdēscerent | crūduerint | crūduissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | crūdēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | crūdēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | crūdēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | crūdēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | crūdēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | crūdēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | crūdēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | crūduisse | — |
| present participle | crūdēscēns | — |
gerundcrūdēscendī, crūdēscendō, crūdēscendum
crūdesco, dŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n. [crudus], to grow harsh or violent, to increase, grow worse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
perh. not before Virg.): coepit crudescere morbus, Verg. G. 3, 504; so, pugnae, id. A. 7, 788: ferrum magicā linguā, Sil. 1, 431: irae, Stat. Th. 2, 680; cf.: crudescente irā, Just. 8, 4, 4: seditio, Tac. H. 3, 10: noxa, Symm. Ep. 8, 57.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
crūdēscō duī, —, ere, inch.
crudus, to increase in violence, be aggravated, grow worse: coepit crudescere morbus, V.: seditio, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin crūdēscō From crūdus (“bloody, harsh”) + -ēscō.
In English words that came into English from crūdēscō
- recrudescencerecrūdēscentia
- recrudescentrecrūdēscō