cresco, crescere, crevi, cretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cresco | crescimus |
| 2 | crescis | crescitis |
| 3 | crescit | crescunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | crescere |
| active | perfect | crevisse |
| passive | present | cresci |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cresce, cresc | crescite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | crescito | crescitote |
| 3 | crescito | crescunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | crescere | crescimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | crescitor | — |
| 3 | crescitor | crescuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cretus | creti |
| Gen. | creti | cretorum |
| Dat. | creto | — |
| Acc. | cretum | cretos |
| Voc. | crete | creti |
| Abl. | creto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | creta | cretae |
| Gen. | cretae | cretarum |
| Dat. | cretae | — |
| Acc. | cretam | cretas |
| Voc. | creta | cretae |
| Abl. | creta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cretum | creta |
| Gen. | creti | cretorum |
| Dat. | creto | — |
| Acc. | cretum | creta |
| Voc. | cretum | creta |
| Abl. | creto | — |
Supines
accusative: cretum; ablative: cretu
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...relictum est. Vale. XXXIV. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Cresco et exsulto et discussa senectute recalesco quotiens..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...immo terrae tuber: nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco, nisi dominum tuum in rutae folium non conieci..."