vireo

vireō —, ēre

VIR-, to be green, be verdant : alia semper virent, alia verno tempore frondescunt: Fronde novā, V.: hederā virente gaudere, H.: circa ilicibus virentem Alburnum, V.: Pectora felle, O.—Fig., to be fresh, be vigorous, flourish, bloom : ingenium virebatque integris sensibus, L.: Donec virenti (tibi) canities abest, H.: serpens solet squamā virere recenti, O.