raresco
raresco, to grow thin, become rare
rārēscō, 3, inc. n.: to become thin; to part or begin to stand open; to open, 3.411. (rārus)
rāresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [rarus], to grow thin, lose its density, to become rare, be rarefied (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
- I Lit.: fulgit item cum rarescunt quoque nubila caeli, Lucr. 6, 214; cf. id. 6, 513; Stat. S. 1, 2, 186: umor aquai ab aestu, Lucr. 6, 875; cf.: rarescit terra calore, becomes loose, id. 6, 841: corpus, id. 4, 865; 892: resolutaque tellus In liquidas rarescit aquas, Ov. M. 15, 246: quadrupedibus senectute lanae rarescunt, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—
- II Transf.: rarescunt alta colonis Maenala, i. e. become empty, depopulated, Stat. Th. 4, 284; cf.: moenia densae Romae, id. S. 4, 4, 14: rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles, the ranks grow thin, Sil. 17, 423; 5, 382; and: rarescunt cuspide pugnae, Val. Fl. 6, 617: umbrae rarescentes, Stat. Th. 1, 343; 11, 74: ubi angusti rarescent claustra Pelori, i. e. shall open themselves, grow wider, i. q. laxabuntur, patebunt, * Verg. A. 3, 411; so, colles paulatim rarescunt, Tac. G. 30.—
- III Trop.: sonitus rarescit, becomes feeble, diminishes, dies away, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 14), 35: quod justitia rarescit, iniquitas increbrescit, Tert. Apol. 20: ita justitia rarescet, ita impietas et avaritia crebrescent, Lact. 7, 15, 8: Ibis efficit, ut rarescant mortiferae pestes absumptae, become rare, Amm.22, 15, 25; 26, 3, 1. (In Ov. M. 15, 246, the read. varies between rarescit and rorescit.)
rārēsco, ere (rarus), I) die Dichte verlieren, locker werden, sich voneinander geben, auseinander treten, rarescunt nubila, Lucr.: rarescit terra calore, Lucr.: resoluta tellus in liquidas rarescit aquas, verdünnt sich, Ov.: rarescunt claustra Pelori, tun sich auf, Verg.: rarescit multo vulnere miles, die Glieder lichten sich, Sil.: sonitus rarescit arenae, wird leiser, Prop. – II) übtr., seltener (spärlicher) werden, sich mindern, abnehmen, et dubios cernit rarescere montes, Lucan. 3, 7: paulatim rarescunt colles, Tac. Germ. 30: ibis efficit, ut rarescant mortiferae pestes (Ungeziefer) absumptae, Amm. 22, 15, 25: venefici, qui tunc rarescebant, Amm. 26, 3, 1: Ggstz., quod iustitia rarescit, iniquitas increbrescit, Tert. apol. 20: ita iustitia rarescet, ita impietas et avaritia crebrescent, Lact. 7, 15, 8.
rārēscō, (13) ĕre (rarus), intr., se raréfier, devenir moins dense, moins épais : Lucr. 6, 214 ; 6, 875 ; Plin. 11, 231 || sʼéclaircir, se dépeupler : Stat. Th. 4, 284 ; S. 4, 4, 14 || devenir moins serré : colles rarescunt Tac. G. 30, les collines sʼespacent ; ubi rarescent claustra Pelori Virg. En. 3, 411, quand la barrière du Pélore sʼatténuera, quand lʼentrée sʼélargira || sʼaffaiblir : sonitus rarescit Prop. 3, 15, 35, le son sʼaffaiblit.
- 1. (poët.) los(ser), dun(ner) worden, uit elkaar gaan [in aquas zich verdunnen tot]; ➤ rarescunt nubila; rarescit terra calore; sonitus rarescit wordt zachter; rarescunt claustra Pelori gaan open;
- 2. (postklass.) zeldzaam, zeldzamer worden; ➤ paulatim rarescunt colles.
rārēscō —, —, ere, inch.
- rarus, to grow thin, become rare: resoluta tellus In liquidas rarescit aquas, O.: ubi angusti rarescent claustra Pelori, i. e. open, V.: colles paulatim rarescunt, become fewer, Ta.: sonitus rarescit, dies away, Pr.