become gray

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

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.—

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.

vĕtĕrātor, ōris, m. [veteratus], one who has grown old, become gray, is practised, skilled in any thing.

In gen.:

in causis privatis satis veterator,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

in litteris,

Gell. 3, 1, 5.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, a crafty fellow, an old fox, sly-boots:

acutus, versutus, veterator,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; id. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

quid hic vult veterator sibi?

Ter. And. 2, 6, 26; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 16; Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57; 3, 32, 113; Gannius ap. Fest. p. 369.—

An old slave (opp. novitius), Dig. 21, 1, 65; 21, 1, 37.

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con-sĕnesco, nŭi, 3, v. inch., to grow old together, to grow or become old or gray (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

(Baucis et Philemon) illā consenuere casā,

Ov. M. 8, 634: socerorum in armis, * Hor. C. 3, 5, 8; cf.:

in patriā meā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 12:

alieno in agro (exercitus),

Liv. 9, 19, 6:

in exilio,

id. 35, 34, 7:

in ultimo terrarum orbis angulo,

Vell. 2, 102, 3:

circa Casilinum Cumasque,

Liv. 30, 20, 9:

Smyrnae,

Suet. Gram. 6.—

Meton.

In Quint., to grow old or gray in an occupation, to follow it too long:

in commentariis rhetorum,

Quint. 3, 8, 67 in quā umbrā, id. 10, 5, 17; and:

in unā ejus specie,

id. 12, 11, 16.—

In a more general sense (causa pro effectu), to become weak, infirm, powerless, to waste away, fall into disuse, decay, fade, lose force, etc.

With living subjects:

prae maerore atque aegritudine,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 63; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 25:

in manibus alicujus et gremio maerore et lacrimis,

Cic. Clu. 5, 13; Liv. 35, 34, 7:

(columbae) si inclusae consenescunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 6; so id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

veturno,

Col. 7, 5, 3.—

Trop., to lose consideration or respect: omnes illius partis auctores ac socios nullo adversario consenescere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 2.—

With inanimate subjects: ova consenescunt, Varr R. R. 3, 9, 8; cf.:

vinea soli vitio consenuit,

Col. 4, 22, 8:

veru in manibus,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 15; cf.:

consenuit haec tabula carie,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91: haut ulla carina Consenuit, not one has grown old, i. e. all have perished, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 36: (nobis) viget aetas, animus valet; contra illis annis atque divitiis omnia consenuerunt, Sall. C. 20, 10 Kritz and Fabri:

quamvis consenuerint vires atque defecerint,

Cic. Sen. 9, 29;

with vires,

Liv. 6, 23, 7:

animum quoque patris consenuisse in adfecto corpore,

id. 9, 3, 8: noster amicus Magnus, cujus cognomen unā cum Crassi Divitis cognomine consenescit. Cic. Att. 2, 13, 2:

veteres leges aut. ipsā suā vetustate consenuisse aut novis legibus esse sublatas,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 247;

so of laws,

Liv. 3, 31, 7:

invidia,

Cic. Clu. 2, 5:

rabies et impetus,

Flor. 3, 3, 5:

oratio dimetiendis pedibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 112.

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pallĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. palitas, gray; Gr. pellos, pelidnos, polios; cf. pullus], to be or look pale.

Lit.:

sudat, pallet,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84:

pallent amisso sanguine venae,

Ov. M. 2, 824:

metu sceleris futuri,

id. ib. 8, 465:

timore,

id. F. 2, 468:

mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā,

Tib. 3, 5, 25;

morbo,

Juv. 2, 50:

fame,

Mart. 3, 38, 12.— Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans;

hic est color aptus amanti,

must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.—Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.—

Transf.

To be or look sallow, or yellow:

saxum quoque palluit auro,

Ov. M. 11, 110:

arca palleat nummis,

Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid:

Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis,

Sil. 16, 561.—

To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade:

et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur,

always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82:

sidera pallent,

Stat. Th. 12, 406:

ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges,

Ov. F. 1, 688:

pallet nostris Aurora venenis,

id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177—

With acc.:

multos pallere colores,

to change color often, Prop. 1, 15, 39.—

Trop.

To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing:

ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 78:

nummo,

Pers. 4, 47.—

To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful. —With dat.:

pueris,

i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7:

ad omnia fulgura,

Juv. 13, 223:

Marco sub judice palles?

Pers. 5, 8.—

With acc.:

scatentem Belluis pontum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 26:

fraternos ictus,

Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.—

To grow pale by excessive application to a thing:

iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles,

read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124:

nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere,

Juv. 7, 96:

vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est,

of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.—Hence, pallens, entis, P. a., pale, wan ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

simulacra modis pallentia miris,

Lucr. 1, 123:

umbrae Erebi,

Verg. A. 4, 26:

animae,

id. ib. 4, 242:

regna,

of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf.

undae,

i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21:

persona,

Juv. 3, 175:

pallens morte futurā,

Verg. A. 8, 709:

pallentes terrore puellae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 487. —

Transf.

Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored:

pallentes violae,

Verg. E. 2, 47:

arva,

Ov. M. 11, 145:

gemmā e viridi pallens,

Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

hedera,

Verg. E. 3, 39:

herbae,

id. ib. 6, 54:

lupini,

Ov. Med. Fac. 69:

faba,

Mart. 5, 78, 10:

sol jungere pallentes equos,

Tib. 2, 5, 76:

toga,

Mart. 9, 58, 8.—

Poet., that makes pale:

morbi,

Verg. A. 6, 275:

philtra,

Ov. A. A. 2, 105:

curae,

Mart. 11, 6, 6:

oscula,

Val. Fl. 4, 701.—

Trop., pale, weak, bad:

fama,

pale, Tac. Or. 13 fin.:

mores,

bad, vicious, Pers. 5, 15.

sĕnesco, nŭi, 3 ( gerundive:

senescendi homines,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. inch. n. [seneo], to grow old, become aged; to grow hoary.

Lit. (rare):

ita sensim aetas senescit,

Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:

tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis,

Ov. F. 6, 771:

senescente jam Graeciā,

Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

solve senescentem mature equum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

arbores senescunt,

Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: Solon significat se cottidie aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.:

avus (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

ego senui et progressioris aetatis sum,

Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum id (seclum) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr. —

Transf.

For the usual consenescere, to grow old or gray in an occupation, etc., i. e. to linger too long over it:

inani circa voces studio senescunt,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To decay or diminish in strength; to grow weak, feeble, or powerless; to waste away, fall off, wane, decline, etc. (the prevailing signif. of the word in prose and poetry; cf. consenesco; while inveterasco is to grow better by age).

Of living subjects (a favorite expression of Livy;

perh. not in Cic., but cf. consenesco, II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus,

Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf.

of the same,

id. 22, 39:

otio senescere,

id. 25, 7:

non esse cum aegro senescendum,

id. 21, 53:

dis hominibusque accusandis senescere,

to pine away, id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.:

amore senescit habendi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85:

socordiā,

Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7:

ne (agni) desiderio senescant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.—

Of doves,

Col. 8, 8, 4:

quod antiquatur et senescit prope interitum est,

Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—

Of things:

quaedam faciunda in agris potius crescente lunā quam senescente,

in the waning of the moon, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so,

luna (opp. crescens),

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42:

arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā simul senescentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

nunc pleno orbe, nunc senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo cornu fulgere lunam,

Liv. 44, 37:

continuā messe senescit ager,

becomes exhausted, worn out, Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

prata,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. grow pale or dim, id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf.

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 70:

caseus in salem,

grows salt with age, id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: coma, falls out, Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, decay (with delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.:

mensis senescens,

drawing to an end, closing, Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so,

hiems,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things:

oratorum laus senescit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.:

ut laus senescens,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 7:

senescere civitatem otio,

Liv. 1, 22, 2:

omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt,

Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so,

somnia,

Sall. J. 35, 3:

vires,

id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27:

Hannibalis vis,

id. 25, 16:

bellum,

id. 28, 36; 30, 19:

pugna,

id. 5, 21:

fama,

id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf.

rumores,

id. A. 2, 77:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 12:

vitia (opp. maturescente virtute),

id. 3, 12:

invidia,

id. 29, 22:

fortuna (opp. florere),

Vell. 2, 11, 3:

amor,

Ov. A. A. 3, 594.