canesco

== Latin == === Etymology === From cāneō (“to be white”) + -scō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaːˈneːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈnɛs.ko] === Verb === cānēscō (present infinitive cānēscere, perfect active cānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem to whiten, become white to become grey or hoary (figuratively) to grow old ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (become white): albēscō ==== Derived terms ==== incānēscō ==== Related terms ==== cāneō cānus ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: canecer French: chancir Spanish: canecer === References === “canesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “canesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “canesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.