flavescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flavesco, flavescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become/turn yellow/gold;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...donem, Pastor, et aedificem. XXIII O cui virgineo flavescere contigit auro, dic ubi Palladium sit tibi, Care, decus..."- P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pennae ritu coepere volucrum cingere utrumque latus, pariter flavescere malae. ergo ubi concessit tempus puerile iuventae, vellera..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facilesque deos habuistis et artus vidistis vestros subitis flavescere pennis. ne tamen ille canor mulcendas natus ad aures..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...cantatis Luna laborat equis, aut quod, ne longis flavescere possit ab annis, Maeonis Assyrium femina tinxit ebur..."