cresco

== Italian == === Pronunciation === === Verb === cresco first-person singular present indicative of crescere === Anagrams === croscè == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin creō, as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *krěti (“to intensify”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkreːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrɛs.ko] === Verb === crēscō (present infinitive crēscere, perfect active crēvī, supine crētum); third conjugation, no passive to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment Synonyms: adolēscō, accrēscō, excrēscō, olēscō, glīscō Antonym: dēcrēscō to come to be to become visible, spring from, arise, come forth Synonyms: appāreō, obversor, prōcēdō, exorior, orior, coorior Antonyms: cēdō, concēdō, decēdō, excēdō, discēdō, pereō, intereō ==== Conjugation ==== The only attested passive forms are those from crētus, which is used in an active sense. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== crēber ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== cernō === References === === Further reading === “cresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cresco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.