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1 acanthus
acanthus ī, m, a plant, bear's-foot: mollis, V., O.; fem., an Egyptian thorn: semper frondens, V.* * *bear's-foot, (black) hellbore (plant); gum arabic tree/wood -
2 Acanthus
Ăcanthus, i, f., = Akanthos, a town of Macedonia, now Erisso, Liv. 31, 45 fin.; Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38. -
3 acanthus
1.† ăcanthus, i, m., = akanthos.I.The plant bear's-breech, bear's-foot, or brankursine: Acanthus mollis, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 45; 4, 20; id. G. 4, 123; id. A. 1, 649; Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76 al.—II.Fem., a thorny evergreen tree of Egypt, Verg. G. 2, 119; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Plin. 24, 12, 66 sq. -
4 Acanthius
1.† ăcanthus, i, m., = akanthos.I.The plant bear's-breech, bear's-foot, or brankursine: Acanthus mollis, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 45; 4, 20; id. G. 4, 123; id. A. 1, 649; Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76 al.—II.Fem., a thorny evergreen tree of Egypt, Verg. G. 2, 119; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Plin. 24, 12, 66 sq. -
5 inaurātus
inaurātus adj. [P. of inauro], gilded, golden: statua: quem inauratum in Capitolio fuisse, etc. (i. e. cuius statuam): acanthus, O.: Hercules, Iu. -
6 acanthinus
ăcanthĭnus, a, um, adj. [acanthus], resembling the plant bear's-foot, Col. 9, 4, 4, and Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78. -
7 cresco
I.Orig., of things not previously in existence, to come forth, grow, to arise, spring, be born, become visible, appear (so mostly poet.)A.Lit.:B.cetera, quae sursum crescunt sursumque creantur,
Lucr. 6, 527:quaecumque e terrā corpora crescunt (for which, subsequently, exoriuntur),
id. 1, 868:corpore de patrio ac materno sanguine crescunt,
id. 4, 1210:hic et acanthus Et rosa crescit,
Verg. Cul. 397.—So esp. freq. in part. perf.: crētus, a, um, arisen, sprung, descended from, born of; with abl.:mortali corpore cretus,
Lucr. 5, 6; 2, 906; cf.:mortali semine,
Ov. M. 15, 760:corpore materno,
Lucr. 4, 1224:nativo corpore,
id. 5, 61:Semiramio sanguine,
Ov. M. 5, 85; cf. id. ib. 13, 31:Amyntore,
id. ib. 8, 307; cf. Verg. A. 9, 672; Ov. M. 13, 750.—With ab:ab origine eādem,
Ov. M. 4, 607; cf.:Trojano a sanguine,
Verg. A. 4, 191.—Trop.:II.haec villa inter manus meas crevit,
Sen. Ep. 12, 1:ingens hic terris crescit labor,
Sil. 3, 75.—Far more freq.,Of things already in existence, to rise in height, to rise, grow, grow up, thrive, increase, etc.A.Lit.:2.arbores,
Lucr. 1, 254; so,fruges, arbusta, animantes,
id. 1, 808:omnia paulatim crescunt (with grandescere alique),
id. 1, 190 sq.:ut (ostrea) cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:in lecticis crescunt (infantes),
Quint. 1, 2, 7:cresce, puer,
Ov. M. 2, 643 et saep.:in cujus domo creverat,
had grown up, been reared, Suet. Oth. 1; cf.:Alexander per quinquennium sub Aristotele doctore mclito crevit,
Just. 12, 16, 8:Nilus in aestatem crescit campisque redundat,
Lucr. 6, 713; cf.of the same,
id. 6, 737:Liger ex nivibus creverat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 55 fin.:in frondem crines, in ramos bracchia,
to grow into, Ov. M. 1, 550; cf.:in ungues manus,
id. ib. 2, 479:in immensum Atlas,
id. ib. 4, 661:in latitudinem,
to increase in breadth, Col. Arb. 17:in longitudinem,
Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216:super ora caputque onus,
Ov. M. 12, 516:ut clivo crevisse putes,
id. ib. 8, 191 et saep. —Transf., to increase in number to, augment, multiply:B.non mihi absenti crevisse amicos,
Cic. Sest. 32, 69 (B. and K. ex conj. de crevisse):adhuc crescentibus annis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 61.—Trop.1.In gen., to grow, increase, to be enlarged or strengthened:2.cum Atheniensium opes senescere, contra Lacedaemoniorum crescere videret,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 3; so,hostium opes animique,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:non animi tantum, sed etiam vires crescebant,
Liv. 5, 46, 4:animus laude crescit,
Quint. 1, 2, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 13; Just. 19, 1, 8:animus crevit praetori,
Liv. 44, 4, 1:cujusvis opes contra illius potentiam,
Sall. C. 17, 7:cujusquam regnum per scelus,
id. J. 14, 7:potentia paucorum (opp. plebis opes imminutae),
id. C. 39, 1; Liv. 4, 2, 2 et saep.:haec (mala) primo paulatim,
Sall. C. 10, 6:primo pecuniae, deinde imperii cupido,
id. ib. 10, 3:fuga atque formido latius,
id. J. 55, 7:licentia,
id. C. 51, 30:inopia omnium,
Liv. 21, 11, 12:rerum cognitio cottidie,
Quint. 12, 11, 17:quā ex re creverat cum famā tum opibus,
Nep. Alcib. 7 fin.; cf.:(Saguntini) in tantas brevi creverant opes,
Liv. 21, 7, 3:Rhodiorum civitas populi Romani opibus,
Sall. C. 51, 5; cf.:qui malo rei publicae,
id. ib. 51, 32:usque ego postera Crescam laude recens,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 8:a brevibus in longas (iambi),
Quint. 9, 4, 136.—In partic., to rise or increase in distinction, honor, courage, etc., to be promoted or advanced, to prosper, to become great, attain honor:accusarem alios potius, ex quibus possem crescere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:ex invidiā senatoriā,
id. Clu. 28, 77:ex his,
Liv. 29, 37, 17:ex me,
id. 35, 19, 5:de uno isto, de multis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173:dignitate, gratiā,
Nep. Att. 21, 1; cf. id. ib. 10, 3; and absol.:crescendi in curiā occasio,
Liv. 1, 46, 2:cresco et exsulto et discussā senectute recalesco, quotiens, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 34, 1; cf.:gaudet et ex nostro crescit maerore Charaxus,
Ov. H. 15, 117:hic uno modo crescere potest, si se ipse summittat, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 71, 4. -
8 croceus
I.Prop.:II.odores,
Verg. G. 1, 56:flores,
id. ib. 4, 109:tinctus,
saffron-sauce, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134:color,
id. 27, 10, 59, § 83.—Transf., saffron-colored, yellow, golden:lutum,
Verg. E. 4, 44:cubile,
id. G. 1, 447:acanthus,
id. A. 1, 649:chlamys,
id. ib. 11, 775 al.:comae,
Ov. A. A. 1, 530:honor,
a saffron-tint, Sil. 8, 444. -
9 melamphyllon
mĕlamphyllon, i, n., = melamphullon, a plant, also called acanthus and paederos, Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76.
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