I.v. inch. n. [flaveo], to become golden yellow or gold-colored, to turn a light yellow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “molli paulatim flavescet campus arista,” Verg. E. 4, 28: “flavescere haphe,” Mart. 7, 66, 5; “so of gold,” id. 9, 24, 1; Ov. M. 8, 703: “ne (ebur) flavescere possit,” id. Am. 2, 5, 39: “folium fagi celerrime flavescens,” Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18; cf. id. 19, 8, 47, § 159; 15, 29, 36, § 121; Vulg. Prov. 23, 31.
flāvesco , 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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