silvesco

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

silvesco (sylv-), ĕre, v. inch. n. [silva], of the grape-vine,

I to grow or run wild , to run to wood : (vitis) ne silvescat sarmentis, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: nec pati vitem silvescere, Col. 4, 11, 2.—

II Transf.: capilli silvescentium crinium velleribus involuti, Arn. 3, p. 109.

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