exolescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →exolesco, exolescere, exolevi, exoletus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow up, become adult; grow stale, deteriorate; die out/fade away; be forgotten;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...coronae quae solem lunamue cingunt intra breuissimum spatium exolescunt; ne arcus quidem diu perseuerat: si quid esset tale..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...facile dixerim, moderatione magis an sapientia. namque spreta exolescunt: si irascare, adgnita videntur. Non attingo Graecos, quorum..."