I.v. inch. [albeo], to become white (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; once in Cic.), * Lucr. 2, 773; so Verg. A. 7, 528: albescens capillus, * Hor. C. 3, 14, 25: “maturis messis aristis,” Ov. F. 5, 357: “aquilarum pennae,” Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 13: “flammarum tractus,” Verg. G. 1, 367: mare, quia a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat, * Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105.—Hence, of the appearance of daylight, of daybreak (cf. albeo), to dawn: “lux,” Verg. A. 4, 586: “albescente caelo,” Paul. Dig. 28, 2, 25.
albesco , ĕre,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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