fuscate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fusco, fuscare, fuscavi, fuscatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
darken, blacken, make dark; (INTRANS) become dark;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
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Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nebulas, quidquid concrescere primus 65sol patitur, quidquid caeli fuscator Eoiinpulerat Corus, quidquid defenderat Indos.incendere diem nubes oriente remotaenec..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...manifesta ardoris uestigia imprimit, quod aut urit aut fuscat. [40,4] Tribus modis urit : aut afflat et leui..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...oris; innumeras nam claudit apes longaque superbus fuscat nube diem dum plenas nectare cellas pandit et in dulcem..."