insolesco

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

insŏlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [insolens], to become unusual or strange.

I Lit., of the voice, to begin to change , to become manly : coepit Caelo vox insolescere, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12; of the womb: uterus insolescens, i. e. swelling up , Hier. in Helv. 18.—

II Trop., to grow haughty or insolent , to become elated (mostly post-Aug.): ad superbiam, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15: per licentiam animus humanus insolescit, Sall. C. 6, 7: rebus secundis, Tac. H. 2, 7; Just. 31, 8, 7.

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