evalesco

ē-vălesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become strong, increase in strength, to increase, grow (cf.: vix illa, quae paragomena vocant, nobis permittimus, sed hoc feliciter, evaluit, Quint. 8, 6, 32; not ante-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

cum evaluissent flagella pedes binos,

Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116; cf.

rami,

id. 16, 30, 54, § 125.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen.:

adjuta cura natura magis evalescit,

Quint. 2, 8, 5; Tac. A. 14, 58 fin.: affectatio quietis in tumultum evaluit, strengthened into, etc., id. H. 1, 80:

indoles naturalis, adjuta praeceptis, evalescit,

Sen. Ep. 94, 31.—

2.

Transf.

a.

In the temp. perf., to have power or ability for any thing, to be able:

ut ne ipsa quidem natura in hoc ita evaluerit, ut non, etc.,

Quint. 10, 2, 10: sed non Dardaniae medicari cuspidis ictum Evaluit, * Verg. A. 7, 757; so with a subjectclause, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201; Stat. S. 5, 2, 79; Claud. Cons. Honor. 303; Rapt. Pros. 3, 92. —

b.

To be worth in price, Macr. S. 2, 13 fin. —

B.

In partic., of a word or expression, to prevail, get into vogue:

ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,

Tac. G. 2 fin.; so Quint. 9, 3, 13.