LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

mātrēscō

mātrēscō (present infinitive mātrēscere)
Classical[maːˈtreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[maˈtrɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to become a mother or like one's mother

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.mātrēscōmātrēscēbammātrēscam———
2nd sg.mātrēscismātrēscēbāsmātrēscēs———
3rd sg.mātrēscitmātrēscēbatmātrēscet———
1st pl.mātrēscimusmātrēscēbāmusmātrēscēmus———
2nd pl.mātrēscitismātrēscēbātismātrēscētis———
3rd pl.mātrēscuntmātrēscēbantmātrēscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.mātrēscammātrēscerem——
2nd sg.mātrēscāsmātrēscerēs——
3rd sg.mātrēscatmātrēsceret——
1st pl.mātrēscāmusmātrēscerēmus——
2nd pl.mātrēscātismātrēscerētis——
3rd pl.mātrēscantmātrēscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.mātrēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.mātrēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.mātrēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.mātrēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.mātrēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.mātrēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivemātrēscere—
perfect infinitivemātrēscisse—
present participlemātrēscēns—
gerundmātrēscendī, mātrēscendō, mātrēscendum

mātresco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [id.], to become a mother, to become like one's mother (ante-class.): utinam nunc matrescam ingenio, Pac. ap. Non. 137, 7 dub. (Trag. Rel. v. 139 Rib., maturescam): matrescere, μητράζειν, Onomast. Vet.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Italic*mātēr
  3. Latinmātrēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin mātrēscō From māter (“mother”) + -ēscō.

In English words that came into English from mātrēscō

  • matrescentmātrēscēns
  • matrescencemātrēscēns

Quick answers

What does mātrēscō mean in Latin?
mātrēscō, a verb, means “to become a mother or like one's mother”.
What are the principal parts of mātrēscō?
mātrēscō, mātrēscere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce mātrēscō?
In classical Latin, [maːˈtreːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maˈtrɛs.ko].
Where does mātrēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr → Proto-Italic *mātēr → Latin mātrēscō.