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suc-cresco (subc- ), ĕre,
I.v. inch. n., to grow under or from under any thing; to grow up (very rare).
I. Lit.: “sub ordine naturali pilorum (in palpebris) alius ordo succrescit,” Cels. 7, 7, 8: “succrescit ab imo,” Ov. M. 9, 352: “ne patiantur herbam succrescere,” Col. 4, 14, 2; cf.: “mores mali, Quasi herba irrigua, succrevere uberrime,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—
B. Transf., to grow up to any thing: toties haustum cratera repleri Sponte suā, per seque vident succrescere vina, to spring up, or be supplied anew, Ov. M. 8, 680.—
II. Trop.: non enim ille mediocris orator vestrae quasi succrescit aetati, grows up after, succeeds, * Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230: “se gloriae seniorum succrevisse,” Liv. 10, 13, 17.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 13.17
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.352
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.680
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 1.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.61
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.14.2
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