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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cānesco</b>: ĕre,<br /><b>I</b> v. [[inch]]. n. [[caneo]]. to [[grow]] [[white]], [[whiten]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cānēscō</b>,¹⁴ nŭī, ĕre ([[caneo]]), intr., blanchir : Ov. F. 3, 880 ; H. 3, 65 &#124;&#124; [de vieillesse] Ov. M. 9, 422 ; Plin. 30, 134 &#124;&#124; [fig.] vieillir : ([[quercus]]) canescet Cic. Leg. 1, 2, le chêne vieillira ; [[cumque]] [[oratio]] [[jam]] nostra canesceret Cic. Br. 8, et mon éloquence étant déjà grisonnante, prenant déjà de l’âge.||[de vieillesse] Ov. M. 9, 422 ; Plin. 30, 134||[fig.] vieillir : ([[quercus]]) canescet Cic. Leg. 1, 2, le chêne vieillira ; [[cumque]] [[oratio]] [[jam]] nostra canesceret Cic. Br. 8, et mon éloquence étant déjà grisonnante, prenant déjà de l’âge.
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{{Georges
|georg=cānēsco, nuī, ere (Inchoat. v. [[caneo]]), [[grau]]-, [[weißgrau]] [[werden]], I) eig.: canescunt capilli, Plin.: canescunt aequora, Ov. – II) übtr. = senescere, [[altern]], Ov. [[met]]. 9, 422: bildl., cum [[oratio]] [[iam]] nostra canesceret, gleichs. ergraut war, Cic. [[Brut]]. 8: v. Gedichten [[als]] Geisteskindern, ac ne [[carmen]] (die [[Poesie]]) [[quidem]] sani coloris enituit, [[sed]] [[omnia]] [[quasi]] [[eodem]] [[cibo]] [[pasta]] [[non]] potuerunt [[usque]] ad senectutem canescere, konnte [[nicht]] [[ein]] hohes [[Greisenalter]] [[erreichen]], Petr. 2, 8. – / Abl. d. Partiz. canescenti, Mart. Cap. 9. § 999.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=canesco canescere, -, - V :: become covered in white, whiten; grow old/hoary; be/grow white/gray with age
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