canescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canesco, canescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
become covered in white, whiten; grow old/hoary; be/grow white/gray with age;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fissaque agit rimas et sucis aret ademptis; pabula canescunt, cum frondibus uritur arbor, materiamque suo praebet seges arida..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...aquis. aera nitent usu, vestis bona quaerit haberi, canescunt turpi tecta relicta situ— forma, nisi admittas, nullo exercente..."