gravesco
ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς → a violent flare-up falling on the ground with great force, thunder and lightning
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grăvesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. gravis, to become burdened or heavy (poet. and in postAug. prose).
I Lit.
A In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2, 429.—
B In partic., to become pregnant: cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.—
II Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse: aerumna gravescit, Lucr. 4, 1069: impetus, id. 6, 337: haec in morte, id. 3, 1022: valetudo Augusti, Tac. A. 1, 5: publica mala in dies, id. ib. 14, 51.—
B To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25: peccato gravescit oratio, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grăvēscō,¹³ ĕre (gravis), intr.,
1 se charger : nemus fetu gravescit Virg. G. 2, 429, les arbres se chargent de fruits || [en parl. d’une femelle] porter, devenir pleine : Plin. 11, 236
2 [fig.] s’aggraver : Lucr. 4, 1069 || empirer : Tac. Ann. 1, 5.
