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LNS

clārescō, clārescere, clāruī, -

clareo

verb (1^st conjugation)

to become or grow bright or clear
to begin to shine, become visible
to sound clear, to become audible
To become clear, manifest, evident, obvious
to become illustrious, famous, renowned

Abbreviations

clāresco, clārui, 2, v. inch. n. [clareo] (poet. or in post-Aug. prose), to become or grow bright or clear. Prop. Of the sight, to begin to shine, become visible: tecta luminibus clarescunt, Tac. A. 15, 37: clarescit dies, Sen. Herc. Fur. 123; Val. Fl. 7, 3; cf. Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 185 al.

— Of the hearing, to sound clear, to become audible: clarescunt sonitus armorum, Verg. A. 2, 301: tibiae, Quint. 1, 11, 7: vox, Gabius Bassus ap. Gell. 5, 7, 2.

— Trop. To become clear, manifest, evident, obvious: alid ex alio clarescet, Lucr. 1, 1115; 5, 1456: verba ipso materiae nitore clarescunt, Quint. 3, 8, 61; 8, 5, 19; 6, 4, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12.

— In character, to become illustrious, famous, renowned (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aliud clarescit et e contemptibus exit, Lucr. 5, 833 Lachm. N. cr.: quoquo facinore clarescere, Tac. A. 4, 52: magnis inimicitiis, id. H. 2, 53: quia facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt, id. G. 14; id. Or. 36; Claud. C. Mall. Theod. 3: ex gente Domitiā duae familiae claruerunt, Suet. Ner. 1; cf. id. Gram. 17; Just. 2, 1.