procresco
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English
procresco procrescere, -, - V :: grow on to maturity, grow larger
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōcrēscō,¹⁴ ĕre, intr., croître, grandir : Lucr. 1, 715 || [fig.] s’accroître, s’augmenter : Lucr. 6, 664.
Latin > German (Georges)
prō-crēsco, ere, I) hervorwachsen, hervorkommen, entstehen, Lucr. 1, 715. – bildl., Lucr. 6, 664. – II) fortwachsen, größer werden, Lucr. 2, 566. – bildl., Fronto ad M. Caes. 1., 3 (2). p. 8, 1 N.
Latin > Chinese
procresco, is, ere. n. 3. :: 長大
