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vălesco , ĕre,
I.v. inch. n. [valeo], to grow strong, acquire strength (rare; “not in Cic.): (puerorum aetas) tali pacto recreata valescat,” Lucr. 1, 942; 4, 17: sucus ex quo omne corpus valescit, Ambros. de Noë et Arca, 9, 28.—
II. Trop.: “scelera impetu, bona consilia mora valescere,” Tac. H. 1, 32: “falsa,” id. A. 2, 39: “superstitiones,” id. ib. 11, 15: “meditatio et labor in posterum,” id. ib. 4, 61.
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 (4):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.39
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.32
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.17
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.942
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