excresco

Latin

Etymology

ex +‎ crēscō (“to grow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈskreːs.koː/, [ɛkˈs̠kreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈskres.ko/, [ekˈskrɛsko]

Verb

excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to grow out, grow up

   Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, olēscō, glīscō

   Antonym: dēcrēscō

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to grow excessively

Conjugation

Conjugation of excrēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excrēscō	excrēscis	excrēscit	excrēscimus	excrēscitis	excrēscunt
	imperfect	excrēscēbam	excrēscēbās	excrēscēbat	excrēscēbāmus	excrēscēbātis	excrēscēbant
	future	excrēscam	excrēscēs	excrēscet	excrēscēmus	excrēscētis	excrēscent
	perfect	excrēvī	excrēvistī	excrēvit	excrēvimus	excrēvistis	excrēvērunt, excrēvēre
	pluperfect	excrēveram	excrēverās	excrēverat	excrēverāmus	excrēverātis	excrēverant
	future perfect	excrēverō	excrēveris	excrēverit	excrēverimus	excrēveritis	excrēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excrēscam	excrēscās	excrēscat	excrēscāmus	excrēscātis	excrēscant
	imperfect	excrēscerem	excrēscerēs	excrēsceret	excrēscerēmus	excrēscerētis	excrēscerent
	perfect	excrēverim	excrēverīs	excrēverit	excrēverīmus	excrēverītis	excrēverint
	pluperfect	excrēvissem	excrēvissēs	excrēvisset	excrēvissēmus	excrēvissētis	excrēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	excrēsce	—	—	excrēscite	—
	future	—	excrēscitō	excrēscitō	—	excrēscitōte	excrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		excrēscere	excrēvisse	excrētūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		excrēscēns	—	excrētūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		excrēscendī	excrēscendō	excrēscendum	excrēscendō	excrētum	excrētū

References

• “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers