verb

ag-grăvesco

2nd PP ag-grăvescere · conj. 3rd

to become heavy

v. inch., to become heavy.

Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—

to become violent •

Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous: ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat, grow worse, be aggravated, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2.

Perseus ID: n1553 Key: aggravesco