verb intransitive

grăvesco

2nd PP grăvescĕre · conj. 3rd

to become burdened; heavy poetic

v. inch. n. [gravis], to become burdened or heavy (poet. and in postAug. prose).

In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2,… •

In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2, 429.—

to become pregnant •

In partic., to become pregnant: cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.—

to become grievous; bad; to grow worse figuratively ••

Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse: aerumna gravescit, Lucr. 4, 1069: impetus, id. 6, 337: haec in morte, id. 3, 1022: valetudo Augusti, Tac. A. 1, 5: publica mala in dies, id. ib. 14, 51.—

To be cumbered; embarrassed •

To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25: peccato gravescit oratio, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5.

Perseus ID: n19933 Key: gravesco