exalbesco

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

ex-albesco, bŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become white.

I Lit. (very rarely), Gell. 12, 1, 12.—More freq.,

II Trop., to grow white , turn pale from fright, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; and in Fin. 5, 11, 31; Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 15, 48; id. de Or. 1, 26, 121.

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