reviresco

rĕ-vĭresco, rŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become or grow green again; to recover its verdure.

I.

Lit. (rare):

laesae silvae,

Ov. M. 2, 408:

arbor Ruminalis in novos fetus,

Tac. A. 13, 58:

caepe revirescit decedente lunā, contra autem inarescit adulescente,

Gell. 20, 8, 17.—

2.

Poet., transf., of an old man, to become young again:

spes est virginibus subjecta, Arte suum parili revirescere posse parentem,

Ov. M. 7, 305:

pars credunt torvos patriā revirescere vultus,

Sil. 15, 134.—

II.

Trop., to grow strong or vigorous again; to grow young again; to be renewed; to flourish again; to revive (freq. and class.):

aliquando rei publicae vires, quae malitiā nocentum exaruerunt, virtute optimatium revirescent,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; cf.:

quamquam sunt accisae (res), tamen efferent se aliquando et ad renovandum bellum revirescent,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34; id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: cum semel invasit senectus, regressum non habet, nec revirescere aut repubescere potest, Col. 2, 1, 4; Flor. prooem. fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 9, 5:

domus Germanici,

Tac. A. 4, 12:

partes,

id. H. 3, 7 fin.:

dux pignore promissae laudis,

Sil. 8, 228:

nunc praeclari facti decus crebrā memoriā revirescit,

Val. Max. 4, 8, 4.