ditesco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dītesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [dis=dives],

I to grow rich (a poet. word): praeda, Lucr. 5, 1249; Pers. 6, 14: qua ratione queas ditescere, Hor. S. 2, 5, 10 al.—

II Trop.: partu dulci, Lucr. 4, 1245; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 396 al.

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