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verb intransitive

silvesco

2nd PP silvescĕre · conj. 3rd
to grow; run wild; to run to wood •
v. inch. n. [id.], of the grape-vine, to grow or run wild, to run to wood: (vitis) ne silvescat sarmentis, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: nec pati vitem silvescere, Col. 4, 11, 2.—
by extension •
Transf.: capilli silvescentium crinium velleribus involuti, Arn. 3, p. 109.
Perseus ID: n44284 Key: silvesco