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albeo

albeo, to be white

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

albeō, 2, n.: to be white, 12.36. (albus)

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albenti Verb: present active participle feminine dative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter dative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine ablative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter ablative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine dative singular of albeo

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albĕo, ēre, v. n. [albus],
  • to be white (rare and orig. poet., esp. often in Ovid; but also in post-Aug. prose): campi ossibus, * Verg. A. 12, 36: caput canis capillis, Ov. H. 13, 161.—Esp. in the part. pres.: albens, white: albentes rosae, Ov. A. A. 3, 182: spumae, id. M. 15, 519: vitta, id. ib. 5, 110 al.; in prose: equi, * Plin. Pan. 22; in Tac. several times: ossa, A. 1, 61: spumae, id. ib. 6, 37: in pallorem membra, id. ib. 15, 64.—The poet. expression, albente caelo, at daybreak, at the dawn, was used (acc. to Caecilius in Quint. 8, 3, 35) in prose first by the hist. Sisenna (about 30 years before Caes.), and after him by Caes. and the author of the Bell. Afric.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 68; Auct. B. Afr. 11; id. 80; cf. albesco.

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