- claresco
- clāresco, clārui, 2, v. inch. n. [clareo] ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), to become or grow bright or clear.I.Prop.A.Of the sight, to begin to shine, become visible:B.
tecta luminibus clarescunt,
Tac. A. 15, 37:clarescit dies,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 123; Val. Fl. 7, 3; cf. Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 185 al.—Of the hearing, to sound clear, to become audible:II.clarescunt sonitus armorum,
Verg. A. 2, 301:tibiae,
Quint. 1, 11, 7: vox, Gabius Bassus ap. Gell. 5, 7, 2.—Trop.A.To become clear, manifest, evident, obvious:B.alid ex alio clarescet,
Lucr. 1, 1115; 5, 1456:verba ipso materiae nitore clarescunt,
Quint. 3, 8, 61; 8, 5, 19; 6, 4, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12.—In character, to become illustrious, famous, renowned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):aliud clarescit et e contemptibus exit,
Lucr. 5, 833 Lachm. N. cr.:quoquo facinore clarescere,
Tac. A. 4, 52:magnis inimicitiis,
id. H. 2, 53:quia facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,
id. G. 14; id. Or. 36; Claud. C. Mall. Theod. 3:ex gente Domitiā duae familiae claruerunt,
Suet. Ner. 1; cf. id. Gram. 17; Just. 2, 1.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.