canesco

cānesco . ĕre, v. inch. n. [caneo]. to grow white, whiten.

• I Lit., to become gray or hoary: pabula canescunt (sc. calore), Ov. M. 2, 212; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: canescant aequora remis, Ov. H. 3, 65: canescunt tecta, id. Am. 1, 8, 52; Col. 3, 2, 12: capilli canescunt, Plin. 30, 15, 46, § 134; 7, 2, 2, § 23: in cujus (Minervae) aede ignes numquam canescunt in favillas, Sol. 22, 18.—
• II Transf., = senescere, to grow old, Ov. M. 9, 422: eaque (quercus) canescet saeclis innumerabilibus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2.—Trop., of discourse: cum ipsa oratio jam nostra canesceret, was getting feeble, Cic. Brut. 2, 8; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 31; Petr. 2, 8.

cānēsco, nuī, ere (Inchoat. v. caneo), grau-, weißgrau werden, I) eig.: canescunt capilli, Plin.: canescunt aequora, Ov. – II) übtr. = senescere, altern, Ov. met. 9, 422: bildl., cum oratio iam nostra canesceret, gleichs. ergraut war, Cic. Brut. 8: v. Gedichten als Geisteskindern, ac ne carmen (die Poesie) quidem sani coloris enituit, sed omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta non potuerunt usque ad senectutem canescere, konnte nicht ein hohes Greisenalter erreichen, Petr. 2, 8. – ➳ Abl. d. Partiz. canescenti, Mart. Cap. 9. § 999.

cānēscō, (14) nŭī, ĕre (caneo), intr., blanchir : Ov. F. 3, 880 ; H. 3, 65 || [de vieillesse] Ov. M. 9, 422 ; Plin. 30, 134 || [fig.] vieillir : (quercus) canescet Cic. Leg. 1, 2, le chêne vieillira ; cumque oratio jam nostra canesceret Cic. Br. 8, et mon éloquence étant déjà grisonnante, prenant déjà de lʼâge.

canesco , is, ere. n. 3.
發白。變白。Cum jam oratio nostra canesceret 吾文字已熟之時。

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cānēscō —, —, ere, inch.

• caneo, to become hoary, grow gray, whiten: pabula canescunt (calore), O.— Fig., to grow old: (quercus) canescit saeclis. — Of style: cum oratio canesceret, was growing feeble.