convalescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convalesco, convalescere, convalui, convalitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow strong/thrive/gain power; regain health/strength, recover, get well/better;; become valid; (legal term);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quae dicuntur, sed si illa animus bene excepit, convalescunt et exsurgunt. Eadem est, inquam, praeceptorum condicio quae seminum..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...phonascis et oratoribus necessaria est exercitatio, qua omnia convalescunt, ita curae non idem genus est. Nam neque certa..."