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
- L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...immo terrae tuber: nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco, nisi dominum tuum in rutae folium non conieci..."