adolesco

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.doˈleːs.koː/, [äd̪ɔˈɫ̪eːs̠koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.doˈles.ko/, [äd̪oˈlɛsko]

Etymology 1

Verb

adolēscō (present infinitive adolēscere, perfect active adolēvī or adoluī, supine adultum); third conjugation, no passive

to grow up, become an adult, mature
to grow, increase, augment, become greater
Synonyms: accrēscō, crēscō, excrēscō, olēscō, glīscō

Antonym: dēcrēscō

Conjugation

The only attested passive forms are those from adultus, which is used in an active sense.

Conjugation of adolēscō (third conjugation, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adolēscō	adolēscis	adolēscit	adolēscimus	adolēscitis	adolēscunt
	imperfect	adolēscēbam	adolēscēbās	adolēscēbat	adolēscēbāmus	adolēscēbātis	adolēscēbant
	future	adolēscam	adolēscēs	adolēscet	adolēscēmus	adolēscētis	adolēscent
	perfect	adolēvī, adoluī	adolēvistī, adoluistī, adolēstī¹	adolēvit, adoluit, adolēt¹	adolēvimus, adoluimus, adolēmus¹	adolēvistis, adoluistis, adolēstis¹	adolēvērunt, adolēvēre, adoluērunt, adoluēre, adolērunt¹
	pluperfect	adolēveram, adolueram, adolēram¹	adolēverās, adoluerās, adolērās¹	adolēverat, adoluerat, adolērat¹	adolēverāmus, adoluerāmus, adolērāmus¹	adolēverātis, adoluerātis, adolērātis¹	adolēverant, adoluerant, adolērant¹
	future perfect	adolēverō, adoluerō, adolērō¹	adolēveris, adolueris, adolēris¹	adolēverit, adoluerit, adolērit¹	adolēverimus, adoluerimus, adolērimus¹	adolēveritis, adolueritis, adolēritis¹	adolēverint, adoluerint, adolērint¹
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adolēscam	adolēscās	adolēscat	adolēscāmus	adolēscātis	adolēscant
imperfect	adolēscerem	adolēscerēs	adolēsceret	adolēscerēmus	adolēscerētis	adolēscerent
perfect	adolēverim, adoluerim, adolērim¹	adolēverīs, adoluerīs, adolērīs¹	adolēverit, adoluerit, adolērit¹	adolēverīmus, adoluerīmus, adolērīmus¹	adolēverītis, adoluerītis, adolērītis¹	adolēverint, adoluerint, adolērint¹
pluperfect	adolēvissem, adoluissem, adolēssem¹	adolēvissēs, adoluissēs, adolēssēs¹	adolēvisset, adoluisset, adolēsset¹	adolēvissēmus, adoluissēmus, adolēssēmus¹	adolēvissētis, adoluissētis, adolēssētis¹	adolēvissent, adoluissent, adolēssent¹
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adolēsce	—	—	adolēscite	—
active	future	—	adolēscitō	adolēscitō	—	adolēscitōte	adolēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adolēscere	adolēvisse, adoluisse, adolēsse¹	adultūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		adolēscēns	—	adultūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adolēscendī	adolēscendō	adolēscendum	adolēscendō	adultum	adultū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

adulēscēns

Descendants

English: adolesce
Esperanto: adoleski
Ido: adolecar
Portuguese: adolescer

Etymology 2

From adoleō (“burn”) +‎ -scō.

Verb

adolēscō (present infinitive adolēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

to be kindled or burn (of a sacrifice)

Conjugation

Conjugation of adolēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adolēscō	adolēscis	adolēscit	adolēscimus	adolēscitis	adolēscunt
	imperfect	adolēscēbam	adolēscēbās	adolēscēbat	adolēscēbāmus	adolēscēbātis	adolēscēbant
	future	adolēscam	adolēscēs	adolēscet	adolēscēmus	adolēscētis	adolēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adolēscam	adolēscās	adolēscat	adolēscāmus	adolēscātis	adolēscant
imperfect	adolēscerem	adolēscerēs	adolēsceret	adolēscerēmus	adolēscerētis	adolēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adolēsce	—	—	adolēscite	—
active	future	—	adolēscitō	adolēscitō	—	adolēscitōte	adolēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adolēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		adolēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adolēscendī	adolēscendō	adolēscendum	adolēscendō	—	—

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
adolesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.