I.v. dep. n., to issue forth, to sprout or spring up, to arise, to be born (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; “in Plaut., Ter., and Cic. not at all): quod enasci colicoli vix queunt,” Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 4; “so of plants,” Col. 5, 4, 2; 11, 3, 48; Liv. 32, 1 fin.; 43, 13; Quint. 6, 3, 77; Suet. Aug. 94 al.; also: rami enati, shot out, * Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4; “v. G. Long ad h. l.: dentes ex mento,” Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3; cf.: “cornua (cervorum) cutibus,” Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 128: aliquid, * Lucr. 1, 171: “capillus,” Liv. 32, 1: “gibba pone cervicem,” Suet. Dom. 23: “insula medio alveo,” Curt. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17; Dig. 41, 1, 56; 41, 2, 1.—Transf.: “inde quasi enata subito classis erupit,” Flor. 2, 15, 14: “molestias in facie enascentes tollere,” Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 109.
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ē-nascor , -nātus, 3,
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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