vĭrĭdo, āre, 1, v. a. and n. [viridis].
I Act. , to make green , cause to grow green : hastas floribus, Val. Fl. 6, 136: vada subnatis viridentur ab herbis, become green , Ov. Hal. 90.—More freq.,
II Neutr. , in the part. pres. viridans, growing green , green , verdant : cingit viridanti tempora lauro, Verg. A. 5, 539: herbae, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396: hedera, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117; cf.: proximus ut viridante toro consederat herbae, Verg. A. 5, 388: gemmae, Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113: color, Lucr. 5, 785.