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..."- P
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..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...erat. tum per idoneos et secreti eius socios crebrescit vivere Agrippam, occultis primum sermonibus, ut vetita solent..."