grandesco
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
Latin > English
grandesco grandescere, -, - V :: grow, increase in size or quantity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grandesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. grandis, to become great, to grow (poet. and in postAug. prose): quicque sua de materia grandescere alique (preceded by crescere), Lucr. 1, 191; cf. id. 2, 1122; 1160: lentiscus triplici solita grandescere fetu, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 15: grandescunt frumenta, Col. 2, 20, 2: hordeum, Pall. Jun. 2: lignum intus, Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grandēscō,¹⁴ ĕre (grandis), intr., croître, se développer, grandir : Lucr. 1, 171, etc. ; Col. Rust. 2, 20, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
grandēsco, ere (grandis), groß werden, wachsen, Lucr., Cic. poët. Col. u.a.: übtr., non ventre gravescere, sed mente grandescere, Augustin. epist. 150.
