arescerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aresco, arescere, arescui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Agriculture
become dry; dry up; wither (plants); run dry (stream/tears); languish (L=S);; become dry; dry up; wither (plants); run dry (stream/tears); languish (L+S);
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Ioui Troianaque Thymbra tacebit. ipsi amnes ipsaeque uolent arescere laurus, ipse nihil certum sagis clangoribus aether praecinet..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Parnasia crinesvellera, funestamque hederis inrepere taxumextimui trepidamque (nefas!) arescere laurum.certe ego, magnanimum qui facta attollere regum 10ibam altum..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lacrimarum gramina rivo. naidas his venam, quae numquam arescere posset, subposuisse ferunt. quid enim dare maius habebant? protinus..."