crepusculascens

== Latin == === Etymology === Originally the present participle of an unattested verb *crepusculāscit (“it becomes twilight; dusk falls”) that relates to crepusculum in a similar way as vesperāscit relates to vespera. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krɛ.pʊs.kʊˈɫaːs.kẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kre.pus.kuˈlaʃ.ʃens] === Adjective === crepusculāscēns (genitive crepusculāscentis); third-declension one-termination adjective growing dusky ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== crepusculum creper creperum === References === “crepusculascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crepusculascens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.