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adolesco
adolesco
Latin
Verb
adolēscō (present infinitive adolēscere, perfect active adolēvī or adoluī, supine adultum); third conjugation
Inflection
- The only attested passive forms are those from adultus, which is used in an active sense.
Etymology 2
From adoleō (“burn”) + -scō.
Verb
adolēscō (present infinitive adolēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms
Inflection
- This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.
References
- adolesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adolesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adolesco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.