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|lshtext=<b>con-vălesco</b>: lŭi, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. [[inch]]. n., to [[recover]] from a [[disease]], to [[regain]] [[health]], to [[grow]] [[strong]], [[gain]] [[strength]], etc. ([[very]] freq., and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[with]] ex, de, ab, or absol.: ex morbo, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.; so id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Suet. Aug. 59; cf.: de vulnere, Ov. H. 21, 211: nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, [[continuo]] [[etiam]] convalescant, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5: eum sustulere (defatigatum vulneribus), isque convaluit, Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19: ne aegri [[quidem]] [[quia]] non omnes convalescunt, [[idcirco]] ars nulla [[medicina]] est, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 12: a solis ardoribus, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54; so in [[part]]. pres.: con-vălescentes, subst., those [[who]] are [[convalescent]], Plin. 20, 5, 17, §§ 34 and 35; 31, 9, 45, § 102 al.: agni, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15; Col. 7, 3, 19: arbores, to [[thrive]], [[grow]], Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6: semina, Col. 3, 3, 4; 4, 16, 1: [[caulis]], Pall. Febr. 24, 6: [[planta]], Sen. Ep. 2, 2; cf., of [[drooping]] branches of trees: veterrimae ilicis demissos jam ad terram languentesque ramos convaluisse adventu suo, Suet. Aug. 92: [[pestifer]] [[ignis]], Ov. M. 8, 478; cf.: [[flamma]] magnā congerie, Quint. 5, 13, 13.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: ut convalescere [[aliquando]] et sanari [[civitas]] posset, Cic. Sull. 27, 76; so, [[civitas]], Just. 3, 4, 1: [[Milo]] in [[dies]] convalescebat, gained [[strength]], Cic. Mil. 9, 25: [[Caesar]], id. Att. 7, 3, 4: ut [[tandem]] [[annona]] convaluit, grew [[better]], became cheaper, Suet. Aug. 42: [[mens]] mea, Ov. H. 16, 73: [[mala]] per longas moras, id. R. Am. 92: [[opinio]] inveterata, Col. 3, 7, 2; so, [[opinio]] [[vetus]], Gell. 4, 11, 1: [[fama]] mortis suae [[apud]] barbaros, Curt. 9, 6, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. in the jurists, to [[receive]] or [[possess]] [[value]], [[become]] [[valid]]: [[testamentum]], Dig. 29, 1, 33: [[donatio]], ib. 24, 1, 33: [[libertas]] [[servo]] [[data]], ib. 28, 7, 20.
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