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vĭresco , ĕre,
I.v. inch. n. [1. vireo], to grow or become green or verdant.
I. Lit.: “rami arboribus,” Lucr. 1, 252: “gramina,” Verg. G. 1, 55; Ov. M. 4, 394; Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 101; Sen. Thyest. 54; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 127.—
II. Trop., to shoot forth, be developed, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 63 (but in Lucr. 1, 674 the correct read. is vigescat; cf. id. 1, 757).—
B. To flourish, prosper, grow: “populi Romani adulescentia, quā maxime viruit,” Flor. 1, 22, 1: virescit vulnere virtus, Furius ap. Gell. 18, 11, 4, and ap. Non. p. 188, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.55
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.394
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.757
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.252
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.674
    • Seneca, Thyestes, 54
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.11.4
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