alesco Latin · revision 9904

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₂el-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alēscō''' (present infinitive alēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from a lost stative ⟨*aleō⟩ “to be growing up” with the inchoative suffix ⟨-scō⟩, and the OLD derives it from [[alō]] “to nourish”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that ⟨adolēscere⟩ shows an earlier stative ⟨*alēre⟩ “to be growing up”.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨alō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ale/o-|t=to feed]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂el-e/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest sources are Lucretius and Varro.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be nourished, grow up, increase, and Lewis & Short call it ante-classical, citing Varro and Lucretius' ''alēscendī cacūmen'' “the peak of growth”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be nourished, grow up, increase.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adolēscō]]

+ * [[coalēscō]]

+ * [[cōlescō]]

+ * [[adulēscēns]]

+ * [[alimentārius]]

+ * [[alimentum]]

+ * [[coolēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}