Definition of viresco
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LNS
virescō, virescere, -, -
1. vireo, vireo
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to grow or become green or verdant
  2. to shoot forth, be developed
  3. To flourish, prosper, grow
Abbreviations
viresco, ere, v. inch. n. [1. vireo], to grow or become green or verdant. Lit.: rami arboribus, Lucr. 1, 252: gramina, Verg. G. 1, 55; Ov. M. 4, 394; Plin. 15, 24, 29, ยง 101; Sen. Thyest. 54; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 127.

— Trop., to shoot forth, be developed, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 63 (but in Lucr. 1, 674 the correct read. is vigescat; cf. id. 1, 757).

— To flourish, prosper, grow: populi Romani adulescentia, quā maxime viruit, Flor. 1, 22, 1: virescit vulnere virtus, Furius ap. Gell. 18, 11, 4, and ap. Non. p. 188, 8.
 
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