aegrescit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aegresco, aegrescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
become sick, grow worse; suffer mental/emotional distress, grieve;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...illius quod fuit ante. ergo animus sive aegrescit, mortalia signa mittit, uti docui, seu flectitur a medicina. usque..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...campi nuda uenit poscitque rogos. his anxia mentem aegrescit furiis et, qui castissumus ardor, funus amat; tunc..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...etenim uetat auctor Apollo. tantum in corde sedens aegrescit cura parenti. ecce autem antiquam fato Calydona relinquens Olenius..."