I.to be golden yellow or gold-colored, to be light yellow (poet.): sed cum maturis flavebit messis aristis, Col. poët. 10, 311; Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 124.—In part. pres.: “flaventes cerae,” Ov. M. 8, 671: “culta,” Verg. G. 4, 126: “Clytius flavens prima lanugine malas,” id. A. 10, 324.
flāvĕo , ēre, v. n. flavus,