glisco

== Latin == === Alternative forms === glīscor === Etymology === Uncertain; proposed derivations include: From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Latin gilvus, helvus and Ancient Greek χλιάω (khliáō, “to be warm”). From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognates include Latin glaeba, glomus and English clump. === Verb === glīscō (present infinitive glīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems to swell, spread, blaze up to increase Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, excrēscō, olēscō Antonym: dēcrēscō ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “glisco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.