incresco Latin · revision 9177

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ovid|origins=la crēscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incrēscō''' (present infinitive incrēscere, perfect active incrēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] and [[crēscō]] “to grow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation for growing stronger is from Ovid.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to grow, develop, of organic things, as in Celsus and Columella, and in Pliny the Elder to grow upon something.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ovid it meant to increase in degree, grow stronger or more intense, of feelings and conditions.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is perhaps not ante-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''increscere'', and through Anglo-French ''encress-'' and Old French ''encreistre'' it gave [[en|increase]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of growth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''increase'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To grow (in or upon).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To [[m|en|increase]], grow stronger.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adincrēscō]]

+ * [[incrēmentum]]

+ * [[superincrescō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crēscō]]

+ * [[dēcrēscō]]

+ * [[en|increase]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}