maturesco
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mātūresco: rŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. maturus, to become ripe, ripen, to come to maturity (class.).
I Lit., of fruits: cum maturescere frumenta inciperent, Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4; id. B. C. 3, 49: fructus maturescens, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—
II Transf.: partus maturescunt ... novem lunae cursibus, * Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69: nubilibus maturuit annis, ripened to marriageable years, i. e. a marriageable age, Ov. M. 14, 335: libros opinabar nondum satis maturuisse, Quint. Inst. Ep. ad Tryph. 1: si virtutes ejus maturuissent, had come to maturity, to perfection, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mātūrēscō,¹³ rŭī, ĕre (maturus), intr.,
1 devenir mûr, mûrir : Cæs. G. 6, 29, 4 ; Plin. 16, 107
2 acquérir le développement convenable : Cic. Nat. 2, 69 || devenir nubile : Ov. M. 14, 335 || [fig.] atteindre son plein développement : Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 9, 5.
