crebrescite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crebresco, crebrescere, crebrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
become frequent/widespread, increase, strengthen; spread/be noised abroad (L+S);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Vesbius, attonitas acer cum suscitat urbes, sic pugnae crebrescit opus neque enim ignea cedunt astra loco, lentis haeret..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...subvenit, et saevus campis magis ac magis horror crebrescit propiusque malum est. iam pulvere caelum stare vident: subeunt..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...erat. tum per idoneos et secreti eius socios crebrescit vivere Agrippam, occultis primum sermonibus, ut vetita solent..."