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rĕ-pŭĕrasco , ĕre,
I.v. inch. n., to become a boy again.
I. Lit.: quia repuerascis, Novat. ap. Non. 165, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 215 Rib.): “si quis mihi deus largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerascam et in cunis vagiam,” Cic. Sen. 23, 83.—
II. Trop., to become childish; also, to play or frolic like a child, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 25: “Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari, eosque incredibiliter repuerascere esse solitos,” Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22.
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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    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.6
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 23
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