I.to be green or verdant (syn. viridor).
I. Lit.: “alia semper virent, alia, hieme nudatā, verno tempore tepefacta frondescunt,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: “fronde virere novā,” Verg. A. 6, 206: “quo viret uva jugo,” Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 78: “quod pubes hederā virente Gaudeat,” Hor. C. 1, 25, 17: “summa (montis) pinu,” Ov. F. 5, 382: “lucus,” id. M. 14, 837: “agellus,” Hor. A. P. 117: “stagna musco,” Verg. G. 4, 18: “circa ilicibus virentem Alburnum,” id. ib. 3, 146: “pectora felle,” Ov. M. 2, 777: metalla Taygeti, of the green Spartan marble, Mart. 6, 42, 11; 9, 76, 9.—
II. Trop., to be fresh, vigorous, or lively; to flourish, bloom: “vegetum ingenium vivido pectore vigebat, virebatque integris sensibus,” Liv. 6, 22, 7; cf. Hor. C. 1, 9, 17: “Chia,” id. ib. 4, 13, 6: “dum virent genua,” id. Epod. 13, 4: “aetas populi Romani viruit,” Flor. 1, 22: “ut novus serpens ... solet squamā virere recenti,” Ov. M. 9, 267: “virium gloriā virente florere,” Just. 4, 4, 5.
