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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=ine-pro *krewh₂-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kruːˈdeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kruˈdɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''crūdēscō''' (present infinitive crūdēscere, perfect active crūduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|crūdus|-ēscō|t1=raw, bloody, harsh]], an inchoative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨crūdus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*krowoþo-]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*kreuh₂-odʰ-o-|t=raw]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short think it perhaps not found before Virgil, ''coepit crūdēscere morbus'' “the disease began to grow worse”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Poetic and post-Augustan, it meant to grow harsh, fierce or violent, grow worse, of a disease and of fighting in Virgil, anger in Statius and Justin, and sedition in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of anger.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of sedition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To become fierce or savage; to grow worse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[recrūdēscō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[crūdēlē]]
+ * [[crūdēlis]]
+ * [[crūdēlitās]]
+ * [[crūdēliter]]
+ * [[crūditās]]
+ * [[crūditātiō]]
+ * [[crūditō]]
+ * [[crūdus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}