procresco

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ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκήςeven the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prō-cresco: ĕre, 3,
I v. inch. n.
I To grow forth, spring up, arise, proceed (ante- and post-class.): quattuor ex rebus posse omnia procrescere, Lucr. 1, 715.—
   B Trop.: vis morbi procrescit, Lucr. 6, 664.—
II To continue to grow, to grow up, grow larger, increase. *
   A Lit.: res progigni et genitas procrescere posse, Lucr. 2, 566.—*
   B Trop.: qui (amor) si officiorum ratione coleretur, non ultra myrtos laurusque procresceret, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 2 Mai.