flavescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flavesco, flavescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become/turn yellow/gold;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...imitatae spicas herbulae inanibus aristis ante messem flavescunt. Placent haec annis comparata; deinde stat profectus, admiratio decrescit..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...duobus vertitur in templum: furcas subiere columnae, stramina flavescunt aurataque tecta videntur caelataeque fores adopertaque marmore tellus. talia..."