crēscō, crēscere, crēvī, crētum

Definitions for crēscere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to increase
English derivatives:
crescent crescendo crescive concrescence concrete decrease excrescence increment accretion accrue crew recruit

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To come into existence, be born, arise. (b) cretus+abl., born of, sprung from (a father, family, city, etc.); also w. ab or de.
2
To increase by organic growth, develop; anni ~entes, the years of growth, one's youth. (b) (of a person) to spend one's youth, grow up (in specified circumstances); (pres. pple. as sb.) a boy affiliated by hereditary right to his father's collegium. (c) (w. in, ad +acc) to acquire (a characteristic) or attain (a status) by growth; also ti change into by growth.
3
To increase in size, volume, etc., to lengthen, swell, expand, etc.; (of the moon) to wax; (of rivers, tides, etc.) to rise. (b) (of objects which seem larger as they get nearer). (c) (fig.) to swell with pride.
4
To increase in numbers, amount, or sim., multiply. (b) (of a literary work) to increase in length. (c) (of a period of time) to progress, advance. (d) (of a quantity, dimension, etc.) to become larger.
5
To increase in physical force, rise, (a) (of the wind). (b) (of the voice).

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Sentences with crēscere

Latin to English

Crēscit amor nummī quantum ipsa pecūnia crēvit.Compare Love of the coin grows as much as one's wealth itself has grown.

Armat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. crescunt difficili gaudia iurgo accenditque magis, quae refugit, Venus. quod flenti tuleris, plus sapit osculum. [Fescennina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti, IV,10]Compare Thorns arm the rose and bees find a defense for their honey. The refusals of coyness do but increase the joy; the desire for that which flies us is the more inflamed; sweeter is the kiss snatched through tears.

Cresco inopia omnis, et minuo exspectatio externus opis.Compare The want of all things increases, and the expectation of help from without grows less.

Audeo agoque res Romanus cresco.Compare The Roman state has increased by daring and action.

Conjugation table for crēscere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
crēscō crēscis crēscit crēscimus crēscitis crēscunt	crēscēbam crēscēbās crēscēbat crēscēbāmus crēscēbātis crēscēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
crēvī crēvistī crēvit crēvimus crēvistis crēvērunt / crēvēre	crēveram crēverās crēverat crēverāmus crēverātis crēverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
crēscam crēscēs crēscet crēscēmus crēscētis crēscent	crēverō crēveris crēverit crēverimus crēveritis crēverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
crēscam crēscās crēscat crēscāmus crēscātis crēscant	crēscerem crēscerēs crēsceret crēscerēmus crēscerētis crēscerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
crēverim crēveris crēverit crēverimus crēveritis crēverint	crēvissem crēvissēs crēvisset crēvissēmus crēvissētis crēvissent
Infinitive present crēscere Infinitive perfect crēvisse Infinitive future crētūrum esse	Imperative present crēsce crēscite Imperative future crēscitō crēscitō crēscitōte crēscuntō

Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
- - crēscitur - - -	- - crēscēbātur - - -
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
- - crētus est - - -	- - crētus erat - - -
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
- - crēscētur - - -	- - crētus erit - - -
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
- - crēscātur - - -	- - crēscerētur - - -
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
- - crētus sit - - -	- - crētus esset - - -
Infinitive present crēscī Infinitive perfect crētum esse Infinitive future crētum īrī	Imperative present - - Imperative future - crēscitō - -

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	crēscēns	crēscentēs
Gen.	crēscentis	crēscentium
Dat.	crēscentī	crēscentibus
Acc.	crēscentem	crēscentēs
Abl.	crēscente	crēscentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	crētūrus	crētūrī
Gen.	crētūrī	crētūrōrum
Dat.	crētūrō	crētūrīs
Acc.	crētūrum	crētūrōs
Abl.	crētūrō	crētūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	crētus	crētī
Gen.	crētī	crētōrum
Dat.	crētō	crētīs
Acc.	crētum	crētōs
Abl.	crētō	crētīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	crēscendus	crēscendī
Gen.	crēscendī	crēscendōrum
Dat.	crēscendō	crēscendīs
Acc.	crēscendum	crēscendōs
Abl.	crēscendō	crēscendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	crēscere	crētum
Gen.	crēscendī	crētū
Dat.	crēscendō
Acc.	crēscendum
Abl.	crēscendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 457.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "crēscō, crēscere, crēvī, crētum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 15, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cresco-crescere-crevi-cretum.