excresco
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-cresco: crēvi, crētum, 3,
I v. inch. n., to grow out or forth, to grow up, rise up (not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: quae si satis excreverint (palmae), Col. 4, 21, 3: abies, larix, palma in longitudinem, Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125: lactucae ad semipedem, id. 19, 8, 39, § 131: in omni domo nudi ac sordidi in hos artus, in haec corpora quae miramur excrescunt, Tac. G. 20; Aug. Serm. 216, 7: colles sensim excreverant rudere, Front. Aquaed. 18: solum tumulo in altum, Luc. 4, 11: si quando flumen imbribus ad tempus excrevit, is swollen, Dig. 43, 11, 1.—
B In partic., of morbid excrescences on the body: excreverat in dexteriore latere ejus caro, Suet. Galb. 21: carnis excrescentes, Plin. 23, 6, 59, § 111: arsenicum tollit quicquid excrescit, id. 34, 18, 56, § 178.—Hence,
2 Subst.: excre-scentia, ium, n., in medic. lang., morbid excrescences on the body, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 93; 22, 21, 29, § 61; 24, 4, 5, § 9; 24, 5, 11, § 19; 34, 18, 50, § 169 al.—
II Trop., to grow immoderately, to increase, enlarge: nec minus evitanda est immodica ejus prooemii longitudo, ne in caput excrevisse videatur, Quint. 4, 1, 62: fructus in tantum excrevit, ut, etc., Dig. 36, 1, 27, § 16 fin.: litium series, Suet. Vesp. 10.—Hence, ex-crētus, a, um, P. a., grown up, fullgrown: animalia, Lact. 2, 11 med. al. (so, haedi, Verg. G. 3, 398, acc. to Serv., but v. excerno, II. A.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
excrēscō,¹³ ēvī, ētum, ĕre, intr.,
1 croître en s’élevant, se développer, s’accroître : Cato Orat. 6, 2 ; in longitudinem excrescit abies Plin. 16, 125, le sapin croît en hauteur ; litium series excreverat Suet. Vesp. 10, le nombre des procès s’était accru
2 former une excroissance de chair : Suet. Galba 21, v. excrescentia 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
ex-crēsco, crēvī, crētum, ere, I) heraus-, hervorwachsen, caro in eo (ulcere) excrescit, Cels.: caro excreverat in latere eius, Suet.: carnes excrescentes cohibere, Plin. – im Partic. subst., excrēscentia, ium, n., Auswüchse, Gewächse am Körper, Plin. 20, 93 u.a. – II) in die Höhe wachsen, emporwachsen, 1) eig.: quae novellae (palmae) si satis excreverint, Col.: cum ad semipedem excreverunt (lactucae), Plin. – v. leb. Wesen, in hos artus, in haec corpora, quae miramur, excrescunt, Tac. Germ. 20: ubi aliqua (serpens) solitam mensuram transiit et in monstrum excrevit, Sen. de clem. 1, 25, 4: animalia excreta, erwachsene, groß gewordene (Ggstz. animalia tenera), Lact. 2, 11, 12. – 2) übtr., emporwachsen, a) extensiv, fossa, cui intrinsecus agger excrescit, Veget. mul. 3, 8. p. 82, 13 L.: colles propter frequentiam incendiorum excreverunt rudere, sind über ihren frühern Höhepunkt hinausgewachsen, Frontin. aqu. 18: u. so Lucan. 4, 11. – b) numerisch usw. zunehmen, überhandnehmen, excrescit in dies luxus eius rei, Plin.: litium series ubique maiorem in modum excreverat, Suet.: ne in caput excrevisse videatur (prooemium), Quint.
