crebresco Latin · revision 33621

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *k(w)reh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kreːˈbreːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kreˈbrɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crēbrēscō''' (present infinitive crēbrēscere, perfect active crēbruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts and editions sometimes have ''crēbēscō'', perfect ''crēbuī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ The perfect is rare;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius and Augustine have it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|crēber|-ēscō|t1=frequent, numerous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|crēber]] from the stem of [[m|la|crēscō|t=to grow]], as [[itc-pro|*krē-þro-|t=growing, in large numbers]], and traces the verb to [[ine-pro|*k(w)reh₁-|t=to become bigger, stronger]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short think it perhaps not earlier than the Augustan age;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has the longed-for breezes freshening, ''crebrescunt optatae aurae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to become frequent or widespread, to increase or grow strong:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil also has a shudder spreading, Quintilian gestures quickening with the speed of speech, and Pliny the Younger a crash growing louder.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of a rumour or report it is to spread abroad, as of talk in Virgil;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent in Tacitus, who has war, sedition, licence and resentment growing, the report of a German disaster spreading, and the rumour going round that Agrippa was alive.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is to become frequent, grow strong, increase or spread.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of freshening breezes and spreading talk.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of quickening gestures.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of spreading rumours and growing sedition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become frequent or widespread, to [[m|en|increase]], grow strong.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of a rumour or report: to [[m|en|spread]] abroad, be generally reported.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concrēbrescō]]

+ * [[incrēbrēscō]]

+ * [[percrēbrēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crēber]]

+ * [[crēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}