verbthird conjugation, no passive
excrēscō
excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum)
Classical[ɛkˈskreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈskrɛs.ko]
Meaning
- intransitiveto grow out, grow up
- figurativelyintransitiveto grow excessively
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excrēscō | excrēscēbam | excrēscam | excrēvī | excrēveram | excrēverō |
| 2nd sg. | excrēscis | excrēscēbās | excrēscēs | excrēvistī | excrēverās | excrēveris |
| 3rd sg. | excrēscit | excrēscēbat | excrēscet | excrēvit | excrēverat | excrēverit |
| 1st pl. | excrēscimus | excrēscēbāmus | excrēscēmus | excrēvimus | excrēverāmus | excrēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | excrēscitis | excrēscēbātis | excrēscētis | excrēvistis | excrēverātis | excrēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | excrēscunt | excrēscēbant | excrēscent | excrēvērunt excrēvēre | excrēverant | excrēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excrēscam | excrēscerem | excrēverim | excrēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | excrēscās | excrēscerēs | excrēverīs | excrēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | excrēscat | excrēsceret | excrēverit | excrēvisset |
| 1st pl. | excrēscāmus | excrēscerēmus | excrēverīmus | excrēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | excrēscātis | excrēscerētis | excrēverītis | excrēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | excrēscant | excrēscerent | excrēverint | excrēvissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | excrēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | excrēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | excrēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | excrēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | excrēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | excrēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | excrēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | excrēvisse | — |
| future infinitive | excrētūrum esse | — |
| present participle | excrēscēns | — |
| future participle | excrētūrus | — |
gerundexcrēscendī, excrēscendō, excrēscendumsupineexcrētum, excrētū
ex-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3,
I. v. inch. n., to grow out or forth, to grow up, rise up (not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
quae si satis excreverint (palmae), Col. 4, 21, 3: abies, larix, palma in longitudinem, Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125: lactucae ad semipedem, id. 19, 8, 39, § 131: in omni domo nudi ac sordidi in hos artus, in haec corpora quae miramur excrescunt, Tac. G. 20; Aug. Serm. 216, 7: colles sensim excreverant rudere, Front. Aquaed. 18: solum tumulo in altum, Luc. 4, 11: si quando flumen imbribus ad tempus excrevit, is swollen, Dig. 43, 11, 1.—B. In partic., of morbid excrescences on the body:
excreverat in dexteriore latere ejus caro, Suet. Galb. 21: carnis excrescentes, Plin. 23, 6, 59, § 111: arsenicum tollit quicquid excrescit, id. 34, 18, 56, § 178.—Hence, 2. Subst.: excre-scentia, ium, n., in medic. lang., morbid excrescences on the body, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 93; 22, 21, 29, § 61; 24, 4, 5, § 9; 24, 5, 11, § 19; 34, 18, 50, § 169 al.—
II. Trop., to grow immoderately, to increase, enlarge:
nec minus evitanda est immodica ejus prooemii longitudo, ne in caput excrevisse videatur, Quint. 4, 1, 62: fructus in tantum excrevit, ut, etc., Dig. 36, 1, 27, § 16 fin.: litium series, Suet. Vesp. 10.—Hence, ex-crētus, a, um, P. a., grown up, fullgrown: animalia, Lact. 2, 11 med. al. (so, haedi, Verg. G. 3, 398, acc. to Serv., but v. excerno, II. A.).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-crēscō —, —, ere,
to grow up: in hos artūs, Ta.: haedi, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinexcrēscō
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin excrēscō From ex + crēscō (“to grow”).
Italo-Romance
- Italianscrescere
In English words that came into English from excrēscō
- excrescenceexcrescentia
- excrescentexcrescens