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fusco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..
I. Act., to make dark, swarthy, dusky, to blacken, darken (poet.).
A. Lit.: “fuscentur corpora campo,” Ov. A. A. 1, 513: “cutem pingui olivo,” Stat. Th. 6, 576: “lactea pocula sanguine puniceo (Massagetae),” id. Achil. 1, 307: “malas (lanugo),” Luc. 10, 135; cf. “dentes (inertia),” Ov. A. A. 3, 197: “diem (nube),” Val. Fl. 1, 396; cf. Sil. 11, 270.—
B. Trop.: “quem ad hoc aevi nulla actuum culpa fuscavit,” Symm. Ep. 1, 34; Sid. Carm. 7, 505.—*
II. Neutr., to become dark or swarthy: “ne pulchrae fuscaret gratia formae,” Stat. S. 3, 4, 66.
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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