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călesco , ĕre,
I.v. inch. n. [caleo], to grow warm or hot.
I. Lit. (rare but class.): “(vortex) suā cum Mobilitate calescit,” Lucr. 6, 280: “calescere vel apricatione vel igni, umbris aquisve refrigerari,” Cic. Sen. 16, 57; id. N. D. 2, 55, 138: “unda calescit,” Ov. M. 15, 310; Curt. 4, 7, 22.—
II. Trop., of the mind, to become excited, to glow, be inflamed; esp. with love (poet.), Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 5 Don.: “quo propius nunc es, flammā propiore calesco,” Ov. H. 18, 177; so id. M. 3, 372: “est deus in nobis! agitante calescimus illo,” id. F. 6, 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.310
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.372
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.280
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.55
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 16
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.7.22
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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