adolesco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ad-olēscō (adul-) (1) olēvī, ultus, ere,

to grow up, come to maturity, ripen: sensim: simul atque adoleverit aetas, as soon as his age is mature, H.— Fig., to grow, mature, become great: ingenium brevi adolevit, S.: postquam res p. adolevit, S.

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