glisco

Latin

Alternative forms

glīscor

Etymology

Uncertain;^[1] proposed derivations include:

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Latin gilvus, helvus and Ancient Greek χλιάω (khliáō, “to be warm”).
From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognates include Latin glaeba, glomus and English clump.

Verb

glīscō (present infinitive glīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to swell, spread, blaze up
to increase
Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, excrēscō, olēscō

Antonym: dēcrēscō

Conjugation

Conjugation of glīscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	glīscō		glīscis		glīscit		glīscimus		glīscitis		glīscunt
	imperfect	glīscēbam		glīscēbās		glīscēbat		glīscēbāmus		glīscēbātis		glīscēbant
	future	glīscam		glīscēs		glīscet		glīscēmus		glīscētis		glīscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	glīscam		glīscās		glīscat		glīscāmus		glīscātis		glīscant
active	imperfect	glīscerem		glīscerēs		glīsceret		glīscerēmus		glīscerētis		glīscerent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		glīsce		—		—		glīscite		—
active	future	—		glīscitō		glīscitō		—		glīscitōte		glīscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		glīscere			—			glīscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		glīscendī		glīscendō		glīscendum		glīscendō		—		—

References

“glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
glisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “glisco”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 607