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cānesco . ĕre,
I.v. inch. n. [caneo]. to grow white, whiten.
I. Lit., to become gray or hoary: “pabula canescunt (sc. calore),” Ov. M. 2, 212; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: “canescant aequora remis,” Ov. H. 3, 65: “canescunt tecta,” id. Am. 1, 8, 52; Col. 3, 2, 12: “capilli canescunt,” Plin. 30, 15, 46, § 134; 7, 2, 2, § 23: in cujus (Minervae) aede ignes numquam canescunt in favillas, Sol. 22, 18.—
II. Transf., = senescere, to grow old, Ov. M. 9, 422: “eaque (quercus) canescet saeclis innumerabilibus,” Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2.—Trop., of discourse: “cum ipsa oratio jam nostra canesceret,” was getting feeble, Cic. Brut. 2, 8; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 31; Petr. 2, 8.
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 (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.212
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.422
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.23
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.31
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.2.12
    • Cicero, Brutus, 2.8
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