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aegresco , ĕre, 3,
I.v. inch. n. [aegreo], to become ill, to grow sick (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: morbis aegrescimus ĭsdem, * Lucr. 5, 349: “aegrescunt corvi,” Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32.—
II. Fig.
A. To grow worse: violentia Turni exsuperat magis, aegrescitque (i. e. asperior fit) medendo, * Verg. A. 12, 45: “in corde sedens aegrescit cura parentis,” Stat. Th. 1, 400.—
B. To be troubled, anxious, afflicted, grieved: “rebus laetis,” Stat. Th. 2, 18: his anxia mentem Aegrescit curis (mentem, Gr. acc.), id. ib. 12, 193: “sollicitudine,” Tac. A. 15, 25 fin.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.45
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.25
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.349
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.32
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Statius, Thebias, 2
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