aegresco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [aegreo], to become ill, to grow sick (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: morbis aegrescimus ĭsdem, * Lucr. 5, 349: aegrescunt corvi, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32.—
II Fig.
A To grow worse : violentia Turni exsuperat magis, aegrescitque (i. e. asperior fit) medendo, * Verg. A. 12, 45: in corde sedens aegrescit cura parentis, Stat. Th. 1, 400.—
B To be troubled , anxious , afflicted , grieved : rebus laetis, Stat. Th. 2, 18: his anxia mentem Aegrescit curis (mentem, Gr. acc. ), id. ib. 12, 193: sollicitudine, Tac. A. 15, 25 fin.