calesce
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calesco, calescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow/become warm/hot; be heated; become inflamed (w/love/lust); be inspired;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...bono animo es: accede ad ignem hunc, iam calesces plus satis. TH. quis hic loquitur? ehem..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vitium habent aut figuram: "accede ad ignem, iam calesces plus satis": "plus" enim "quam satis..."