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1 gravēscō
gravēscō —, —, ere, inch. [gravis], to become burdened, grow heavy: fetu nemus gravescit, V.— Fig., to grow worse: valetudo Augusti, Ta. -
2 gravesco
grăvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [gravis], to become [p. 828] burdened or heavy ( poet. and in postAug. prose).I.Lit.A. B.In partic., to become pregnant:II.cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant,
Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.—Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse:B.aerumna gravescit,
Lucr. 4, 1069:impetus,
id. 6, 337:haec in morte,
id. 3, 1022:valetudo Augusti,
Tac. A. 1, 5:publica mala in dies,
id. ib. 14, 51.—To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25:peccato gravescit oratio,
id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5. -
3 in-gravēscō
in-gravēscō —, —, ere, inch. [ingravo], to grow burdensome, be wearied: corpora exercitationum defatigatione ingravescunt.—To increase, be aggravated, grow worse: morbus ingravescens: ingravescens aetas: in dies, becomes oppressive: annona ingravescere consuevit, to grow dearer, Cs.— To grow in importance: hoc studium cottidie ingravescit, becomes more engrossing. -
4 adgravesco
I.Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—II.Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous:ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat,
grow worse, be aggravated, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2. -
5 aggravesco
I.Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—II.Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous:ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat,
grow worse, be aggravated, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2. -
6 ingravesco
in-grăvesco, 3 (in tmesi:I.inque gravescunt,
Lucr. 4, 1250), v. inch. n., to grow heavy, become heavier.Lit.:II.corpora exercitationum defatigatione ingravescunt,
Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:sal vix incredibili pondere ingravescit,
Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79. — Poet., to become pregnant:suscipiunt aliae pondus magis inque gravescunt,
Lucr. 4, 1250.—Transf., to increase; grow worse, to become burdensome:ingravescens morbus,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:ingravescens aetas,
id. de Sen. 2, 6:corpora exercitationum defetigatione ingravescunt,
id. de Sen. 11, 36:hoc studium quotidie ingravescit,
grows more serious, id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:alter in dies ingravescit,
id. Att. 10, 4, 2: annona, provisions grow dearer, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 5, 11:Verania mox ingravescit, clamat moriens, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 5:falsis (rumoribus) ingravescebat,
by false reports he sank deeper and deeper, Tac. H. 3, 54.