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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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albentibus Verb: present active participle neuter ablative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine dative plural, Verb: present active participle neuter dative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine ablative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine ablative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine dative plural 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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