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  • 1 increbesco

    in-crebresco, brŭi (also incrēbe-sco, bui), 3, v. n., to become frequent or strong, to increase, gain ground, prevail, spread (= crebrior fieri, augeri, crescere;

    class.): mores deteriores,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 9:

    ventus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; cf.:

    auster increbruit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26; Liv. 37, 13, 2:

    nemorum murmur,

    Verg. G. 1, 359:

    fama belli,

    Liv. 7, 12, 7:

    ubi videt increbescere pugnas,

    Sil. 10, 1:

    numerus,

    Cic. Or. 20, 66:

    consuetudo,

    id. Phil. 14, 5:

    nonnullorum sermo increbruit,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 11:

    inde rem ad triarios redisse, proverbio increbruit,

    grew into a proverb, Liv. 8, 8, 11:

    disciplina, quae nunc increbruit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:

    late Latio increbrescere nomen,

    Verg. A. 8, 14:

    lucernae lumen hilaratum,

    became stronger, App. M. 5, p. 168.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > increbesco

  • 2 increbresco

    in-crebresco, brŭi (also incrēbe-sco, bui), 3, v. n., to become frequent or strong, to increase, gain ground, prevail, spread (= crebrior fieri, augeri, crescere;

    class.): mores deteriores,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 9:

    ventus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; cf.:

    auster increbruit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26; Liv. 37, 13, 2:

    nemorum murmur,

    Verg. G. 1, 359:

    fama belli,

    Liv. 7, 12, 7:

    ubi videt increbescere pugnas,

    Sil. 10, 1:

    numerus,

    Cic. Or. 20, 66:

    consuetudo,

    id. Phil. 14, 5:

    nonnullorum sermo increbruit,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 11:

    inde rem ad triarios redisse, proverbio increbruit,

    grew into a proverb, Liv. 8, 8, 11:

    disciplina, quae nunc increbruit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:

    late Latio increbrescere nomen,

    Verg. A. 8, 14:

    lucernae lumen hilaratum,

    became stronger, App. M. 5, p. 168.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > increbresco

  • 3 proficio

    prōfĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. n and a. [pro-facio], to go forward, advance, gain ground, make progress.
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    cum quinqueremis sola non proficeret,

    Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to go on, advance, make progress; to profit, derive advantage; to perform, effect, accomplish, obtain, etc. (class.; cf. procedo).
    A.
    Of persons:

    si nihil in oppugnatione oppidi profecisset,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

    ubi diligentiā nostrorum nihil his rebus profici posse intellexerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 21:

    plus multitudine telorum,

    id. ib. 7, 82:

    loci opportunitate,

    id. B. C. 3, 23:

    antesignani tantum profecere, ut pellerent omnes,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    multum profecit,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 1: si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus, have made any progress, Cic. [p. 1458] Off. 3, 8, 37:

    ea,

    id. de Or. 2, 21 fin. —Of the sick, to get better:

    si quidquam profecerint, Cael. Aur Acut. 2, 10, 71 proficiens aegrotus,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 81 —
    B.
    Of manim subjects, to grow, increase (mostly post-Aug.):

    id (vitis genus) quod umore proficit,

    Col. 3, 20:

    proficiente pretio,

    rising, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 57.—In pass.:

    sed etiam ad summam profectum aliquid puto,

    Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1:

    postquam nihil proficiebatur,

    Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122.—In a bad sense:

    proficere in pejus,

    to become worse and worse, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 13.—
    2.
    In partic., to be useful, serviceable, advantageous, etc., to effect, accomplish; to help, tend, contribute, conduce (class.; cf.

    prosum) ea suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent, collocabat,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 139:

    nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,

    id. ib. 24, 92;

    Liv 3, 61: profectura aliquid tum tua verba puta, Ov P. 3, 1, 138: aut nihil in melius tot rerum proficit usus?

    Juv. 13, 18.—Of remedies:

    radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; nec alia res celerius proficit, is of service, Plin 27, 11, 72, §

    96: axungia proficit ad strumas,

    id. 28, 9, 37, § 140;

    pirorum ligni cinis contra fungos efficacius proficit,

    id. 23, 7, 62, § 116:

    radix anethi vel in febribus proficit,

    id. 20, 23, 98, § 260.— Impers.:

    multum proficiet illud demonstrare, quemadmodum scripsisset,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120.—Hence, prōfĭcĭenter, adv., successfully (eccl. Lat.), Aug Ep. 80: incedere, Hil. Trin. 1, 22; Cassiod in Psa. 133, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proficio

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