crescenti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cresco, crescere, crevi, cretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up);; thrive, increase (size/number/honor), multiply; ascend; attain, be promoted;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
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Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...senio fractisque modestior annis(hunc genuit custos Nili crescentis in aruaMemphis uana sacris; illo cultore deorumlustra suae Phoebes..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...timuit, ne stupra furtivosque concubitus parvuli vultus aut crescentis infantiae similitudo detegeret. natum de te continuo, si quid..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sperat nec fracta remurmurat unda, sed mare inoffensum crescenti adlabitur aestu, advertit subito proras sociosque precatur: 'nunc..." - P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Aspice, aratra iugo referunt suspensa iuvenci et sol crescentis decedens duplicat umbras. me tamen urit amor; quis enim..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...siluestria tecum uirgulta et prolem tarde crescentis oliuae. huc, pater o Lenaee: tuis hic omnia plena muneribus, tibi..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...veteres finire coegerat iras, cum, bene fundatis opibus crescentis Iuli, tempestivus erat caelo Cythereius heros. ambieratque Venus superos..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...urbem solo luctari aut in urbe insidentem labem crescentis in dies fenoris pati? Haec agitata occultis coniurationibus necdum..."