I.to grow up, swell up, spread, blaze up, burst out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. crebresco).
I. Lit.: “ignis Alexandri Phrygio sub pectore gliscens,” kindling, Lucr. 1, 474; “so of fire,” Sil. 14, 308; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 9: gliscit, ut ignis oleo, Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. 22, 21 (Cic. 10, p. 63 Kays.): “suffusa veneno Tenditur, ac sanie gliscit cutis,” swells, Stat. Th. 1, 107: “asellus paleis gliscit,” i. e. grows stout, fat, Col. 7, 1, 1: “turtur difficulter,” id. 8, 9, 1; cf. Fest. s. v. reglescit, p. 278 Müll.; Col. 2, 5, 1: “immensum aucto mari et vento gliscente,” Sall. H. 3, 31 Dietsch.—
II. Trop., to swell, grow, increase, augment, spread: “spectat atrox hostile caput, gliscitque tepentis Lumina torva videns,” Stat. Th. 8, 756: “hos ubi velle acies et dulci gliscere ferro Dux videt,” i. e. ardently long for, id. ib. 12, 639: cf. with inf. (like gestio): “gliscis regnare superbus,” id. ib. 3, 73: ad juvenilem libidinem copia voluptatum gliscit, ut ignis oleo, * Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. 22, 22: “gaudium,” Pac. ib. 18; Lucr. 5, 1061: “furor in dies,” id. 4, 1069: “clamor, singultus, jurgia,” id. 3, 480: “rabies,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 26: “proelium,” id. As. 5, 2, 62: “seditio,” Liv. 42, 2, 2: “invidia,” id. 2, 23, 2: “ne glisceret primo neclegendo bellum,” id. 29, 2, 2: “saevitia,” Tac. A. 6, 19: “adulatio,” id. ib. 1, 1: “flagitia et infamia,” id. ib. 14, 15: “gloria et pericula,” id. ib. 15, 23: “multitudo gliscit immensum,” grows, increases, id. ib. 4, 27; cf.: “gliscerent numero et aliquando minuerentur,” id. ib. 4, 5 fin.: “postquam eo magnificentiae venerit (res publica), gliscere singulos,” grow in wealth, id. ib. 2, 33: “gliscentibus negotiis duo praetores additi,” id. ib. 11, 22: “fama gliscit gressu,” Sil. 4, 6.!*? In pass.: ut major invidia Lepido glisceretur, may grow, increase, Sempron. Asellio ap. Non. 481, 5: cum te salvum video, gliscor gaudio, Turp. ap. Non. 22, 13 (Com. Fragm. v. 191 Rib.).
