albescente

Latin

Participle

albēscente

ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albēscēns

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of albēscente caelō/diē (ablative absolute, literally “at the sky/day(light) starting to become white”). Attested in the Peregrinatio Etheriae.

Adverb

albēscente (not comparable)

(Late Latin, hapax) at the break of day
Synonyms: (Classical Latin) māne, prīmō dīlūculō, prīmā lūce, sōle oriente

Antonym: (Late Latin) vesperāscente

References

“albēsco” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Portuguese

Adjective

albescente m or f (plural albescentes)

albescent (becoming white)

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