exolesco

Latin > English

exolesco exolescere, exolevi, exoletus V INTRANS :: grow up, become adult; grow stale, deteriorate; die out/fade away; be forgotten

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-ŏlesco: olēvi, ētum, 3,
I v. inch. n.
I To grow out, to attain its full size, grow up.
   A In gen., so only in the part. perf. exo-letus, a, um, grown up, full grown, mature: exoletus qui excessit olescendi id est crescendi modum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5, 7 Müll.; cf.: exoletus qui adolescere (olescere?) id est crescere desiit, id. p. 80, 12 Müll.: exoleta virgo, Plaut. Fragm. in Prisc. p. 872 P.—
   B In partic., to denote an abandoned youth of ripe age: scortum exoletum, Plaut. Poen. prol. 17; cf.: Clodius, qui semper secum scorta, semper exoletos, semper lupas duceret, etc., Cic. Mil. 21, 55; so Mart. 3, 82, 8; Suet. Caes. 49; 76; id. Tib. 43; id. Calig. 24; id. Galb. 22; id. Tit. 7: remiges, Tac. A. 15, 37.—
II To grow to an end, to stop growing (mostly ante-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.).
   A Prop.: multa sunt quae neglegentiā exolescunt et fiunt sterilia, Col. 2, 18, 3; App. M. 9, p. 232, 17.—
   B Transf., in gen., to grow out of use, out of date, to become obsolete, to pass away, cease: exolescentes litterae, disappearing, i. e. rubbed off, Suet. Aug. 7: ne vetustissima Italiae disciplina per desidiam exolesceret, Tac. A. 11, 15: rumor validus adeo ut nondum exolescat, id. ib. 4, 10: antiquitus instituta, id. H. 4, 8: gratia pascui usu continuo, Col. 7, 3, 20: cum patris favor haud dum exolevisset, Liv. 2, 52, 4; cf.: nondum is dolor exoleverat, Tac. A. 6, 25: prima positio vetustate, Quint. 1, 6, 11: exolevit fundendi aeris ratio, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5: Calchedonii in totum, id. 37, 5, 18, § 72.—In the part. perf.: scorta, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 12: exoletum jam vetustate odium, Liv. 2, 35, 8; cf. id. 27, 8, 9: mos civitatis (with vetus), Suet. Galb. 4: et reconditae voces, id. Aug. 86: auctores, Quint. 8, 2, 12: histrio, Vell. 2, 28, 3.—Absol.: exoleta revocavit, aut etiam nova instituit, Suet. Claud. 22.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

exŏlēscō,¹¹ ēvī, ētum, ĕre, intr.,
1 arriver à son plein développement [seul^t au part. exoletus, adulte] : P. Fest. 5, 7 : 80, 12 ; Pl. d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 54 || exoleti, débauchés : Cic. Mil. 55 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 37
2 [fig.] se faner, se passer, dépérir, tomber en désuétude : Liv. 2, 52, 4 ; exolevit fundendi æris ratio Plin. 34, 5, le procédé pour fondre le bronze s’est perdu ; nondum iis dolor exoleverat Tac. Ann. 6, 23, leur douleur n’était pas encore calmée ; exoletum jam vetustate odium Liv. 2, 35, 8, une haine assoupie déjà par le temps || au parf. exolui Pl. Bacch. 1135.

Latin > German (Georges)

ex-olēsco, lēvī, lētum, ere (zu alo), I) auswachsen; nur im Partic. Perf. exolētus, a, um, ausgewachsen, erwachsen, gereift, mannbar, virgo, Plaut. fr. bei Prisc. 9, 54. – bes. im obszönen Sinne, v. mannbaren, zur Unzucht feilen jungen Leuten, der Buhlknabe, scortum, Plaut.: remiges, Buhlknaben als Ruderer, Tac.: exoleti et spadones, Suet.: scorta, exoleti, lupae, Cic. – II) verwachsen, vergehen, A) eig., v. Tieren, Plaut. Bacch. 1135: v. Pflanzen, Col. 2, 18, 3. Apul. met. 9, 32. – B) übtr.: 1) vergehen, verschwinden, imaguncula paene iam exolescentibus litteris hoc nomine inscripta, Suet. Aug. 7, 1. – 2) abkommen, aus der Gewohnheit-, aus der Mode kommen, verjähren, veralten, vergehen, schwinden, erlöschen, in Vergessenheit kommen, cum antiquitus instituta exolescerent, Tac.: quam turpi consensu deserta exoleverit disciplina ruris, Col.: ne vetustissima Italiae disciplina per desidiam exolesceret, Tac.: multa exempla maiorum exolescentia iam ex nostra civitate, Monum. Ancyr. 2, 12: vetus civitatis exoletusque mos, Suet. – exolescunt Graeci amictus, Tac.: cum memoria nostri exolevit (längst verklungen ist), Sen. – exoleta vetustate annalium exempla, Liv.: exoletae et reconditae voces, Suet. – cum patris favor hauddum exolevisset, Liv.: exoletum iam vetustate odium, Liv. – neutr. plur. subst., aut exoleta revocavit aut etiam nova instituit, Suet. Claud. 22. – / Perf.-Form exoluere bei Plaut. Bacch. 1135.