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esco Esco ESCO escó Escô Italian Etymology it suf :inh la-vul:-iscus<id:suf> 1 From it la-lat -, it la-vul -iscus.-esco Cognates: see gem-pro *-iskaz. Pronunciation -ésco Suffix it suffix forms adjectives (sometimes used as nouns) that indicate relationship, membership, quality it Dante dantesco the poet Dante Alighieri Dantesque Derived terms it Descendants fr -esque en -esque de -esk References Anagrams it ceos Cose OCSE cose seco secò it terms derived from Latin Latin Etymology la vsuf :inh itc-pro:*-ēskō<id:><pos:suffix><ety:inh<ine-pro:*-éh₁sḱeti<id:inchoative suffix>>> 1 -ēscō From la itc-pro *-ēskō, from la ine-pro *-éh₁sḱeti. Pronunciation ēscō no535, 507Lindsay W. M. The Latin Language 1894 479-480 https://archive.org/details/latinlanguagehis00linduoft/page/479 Roots extended by -ā, -ē, -ō like g̑nō- from g̑en-, keep this vowel long, as is their custom in such cases (§ 2); hence (g)nō-sco (Gk. γι-γνώσκω, Epir. γνώσκω), (g)nā-scor, crē-sco, viē-sco, hiā-sco; and similarly Latin Intransitives in -eo (§ 32) and Derivatives in -o (for *-&NoBreak;āyō), -eo, -io (ib.), e. g. rŭbē-sco, con-tĭcē-sco, īrā-scor, flāvē-sco, ob-dormī-sco, ercī-sco [erceiscunda on the Lex Rubria, C. I. L. i. 205. (2). 55], descīsco (with tall form of I on Mon. Anc. v. 28, which also offers nascerer with an apex over the a); though at a later time, when the difference of quantity between vowels had become less marked, we find some uncertainty about the e of quiesco (see Gellius, vii. 15, who decides in favour of quiēsco, on the strength of călēsco, nĭtēsco, stŭpēsco and other Inceptives ; cf. ch. ii. § 144).1978 Vox Latina W. Sidney Allen 2nd 38-39 Vowels before sc. Before the verbal suffix -sc- the vowel is long in nearly all cases (nōsco, crēsco, pāsco, nāscor, quiēsco, obliuīscor, rubēsco, nancīscor, etc.); probable exceptions are pŏsco, dĭsco, compĕsco, Old Latin ĕscit, similarly mĭsceo, in which the sc derives from originally more complex consonant-groups. The rule is implied in general by Gellius (vii, 15), and supported by inscriptional forms such as créscéns (also Κρησκης), consenésceret, nótésceret, d(esc)ꟾscentem, náscerer, quiéscere, oblꟾuꟾscemur, erceiscunda; absence of vowel weakening in a medial syllable also indicates ā for hiasco (which would otherwise become hiesco). ēscō no Suffix 3 -ēscō Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar Usage notes Many verbs ending in la -ēscō are inchoatives in la -scō formed from statives in la -eō. However, some verbs exist that are derived directly from the adjective, with no "intermediate" stative verb existing, e.g.: la amārus > la amārēscō (but no la *amāreō) la celeber > la celebrēscō (but no la *celebreō) Conjugation Conjugation varies with verb; only first principal part shown here for illustration. 3 -ēscō Derived terms la Descendants rup -esc- (-escu, -eshti, -eashti, -escu), rup -ãsc- ca -eix- (-eixo, -eixes, -eix, -eixen), ca -isc- (-ixes, -ix, -ixen) en -esce 1; en -ise, en -ish via Old French frp -éss-: frp -éss- (-ésso, -és, -ét, -éssens, -ésséds, -éssont) fr -iss- (-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent) fur -is- (-ìs, -issis, -ìs, -issin) it -isc- (-isco, -isci, -isce, -iscono) oc -iss- (-issi, -isses, -ís) pt -ecer, pt -escer 1 1 ro -esc- (ro -esc, -ești, -ește, -esc), ro -ăsc- rm -esch- (-eschel, -eschas, -escha) es -ecer vec -is- (-iso, -isi, -ise, -ise) References Portuguese Pronunciation -êsco Suffix Forms adjectives that signify comparison, relation or resemblance to the word stem (-like, -esque) pt animal animal animalesco animalesque, animal-like pt livro book livresco related to books Further reading Spanish Etymology es :inh la-lat:-iscus + 1 Pronunciation Suffix es pejorative suffixes es -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative es libro book libresco related to books Suffix mes augmentative suffixes collective suffixes es -sco; forms augmentative nouns es -sco; forms collective nouns Derived terms es Further reading