LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

succrēscō

succrēscō (present infinitive succrēscere, perfect active succrēvī, supine succrētum)

Meaning

  1. to grow under, or from under

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.succrēscōsuccrēscēbamsuccrēscamsuccrēvīsuccrēveramsuccrēverō
2nd sg.succrēscissuccrēscēbāssuccrēscēssuccrēvistīsuccrēverāssuccrēveris
3rd sg.succrēscitsuccrēscēbatsuccrēscetsuccrēvitsuccrēveratsuccrēverit
1st pl.succrēscimussuccrēscēbāmussuccrēscēmussuccrēvimussuccrēverāmussuccrēverimus
2nd pl.succrēscitissuccrēscēbātissuccrēscētissuccrēvistissuccrēverātissuccrēveritis
3rd pl.succrēscuntsuccrēscēbantsuccrēscentsuccrēvērunt
succrēvēre
succrēverantsuccrēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.succrēscamsuccrēsceremsuccrēverimsuccrēvissem
2nd sg.succrēscāssuccrēscerēssuccrēverīssuccrēvissēs
3rd sg.succrēscatsuccrēsceretsuccrēveritsuccrēvisset
1st pl.succrēscāmussuccrēscerēmussuccrēverīmussuccrēvissēmus
2nd pl.succrēscātissuccrēscerētissuccrēverītissuccrēvissētis
3rd pl.succrēscantsuccrēscerentsuccrēverintsuccrēvissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.succrēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.succrēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.succrēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.succrēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.succrēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.succrēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesuccrēscere—
perfect infinitivesuccrēvisse
succrēscisse
—
future infinitivesuccrētūrum esse—
present participlesuccrēscēns—
future participlesuccrētūrus—
gerundsuccrēscendī, succrēscendō, succrēscendumsupinesuccrētum, succrētū

suc-cresco (subc-), ĕre,
I. v. inch. n., to grow under or from under any thing; to grow up (very rare).
I. Lit.: sub ordine naturali pilorum (in palpebris) alius ordo succrescit, Cels. 7, 7, 8: succrescit ab imo, Ov. M. 9, 352: ne patiantur herbam succrescere, Col. 4, 14, 2; cf.: mores mali, Quasi herba irrigua, succrevere uberrime, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—
B. Transf., to grow up to any thing: toties haustum cratera repleri Sponte suā, per seque vident succrescere vina, to spring up, or be supplied anew, Ov. M. 8, 680.—
II. Trop.: non enim ille mediocris orator vestrae quasi succrescit aetati, grows up after, succeeds, * Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230: se gloriae seniorum succrevisse, Liv. 10, 13, 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuccrēscō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin succrēscō From sub- + crēscō.

In English words that came into English from succrēscō

  • succrescentsuccrescens
  • succrescencesuccrescentia

Quick answers

What does succrēscō mean in Latin?
succrēscō, a verb, means “to grow under, or from under”.
What are the principal parts of succrēscō?
succrēscō, succrēscere, succrēvī, succrētum (third conjugation, no passive).
Where does succrēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin succrēscō.