verb intransitive

rĕ-pŭĕrasco

2nd PP rĕ-puĕre · conj. 3rd

to become a boy again

v. inch. n., to become a boy again.

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Lit.: quia repuerascis, Novat. ap. Non. 165, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 215 Rib.): si quis mihi deus largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerascam et in cunis vagiam, Cic. Sen. 23, 83.—

to become childish;; to play; frolic like a child figuratively •

Trop., to become childish; also, to play or frolic like a child, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 25: Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari, eosque incredibiliter repuerascere esse solitos, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22.

Perseus ID: n41259 Key: repuerasco