exalbesco

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οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-albesco: bŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to become white.
I Lit. (very rarely), Gell. 12, 1, 12.—More freq.,
II Trop., to grow white, turn pale from fright, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; and in Fin. 5, 11, 31; Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48; id. de Or. 1, 26, 121.