cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 (
* Inf. perf. sync. cresse, Lucr. 3, 683), v. inch. n. [1. creo].
* Orig., of things not previously in existence, to come forth, grow, to arise, spring, be born, become visible, appear (so mostly poet.)
* Lit.: cetera, quae sursum crescunt sursumque creantur,Lucr. 6, 527: quaecumque e terrā corpora crescunt (for which, subsequently, exoriuntur),id. 1, 868: corpore de patrio ac materno sanguine crescunt,id. 4, 1210: hic et acanthus Et rosa crescit,Verg. Cul. 397.—So esp. freq. in part. perf.: crētus, a, um, arisen, sprung, descended from, born of; with abl.: mortali corpore cretus,Lucr. 5, 6; 2, 906; cf.: mortali semine,Ov. M. 15, 760: corpore materno,Lucr. 4, 1224: nativo corpore,id. 5, 61: Semiramio sanguine,Ov. M. 5, 85; cf. id. ib. 13, 31: Amyntore,id. ib. 8, 307; cf. Verg. A. 9, 672; Ov. M. 13, 750.—With ab: ab origine eādem,Ov. M. 4, 607; cf.: Trojano a sanguine,Verg. A. 4, 191.
* Of things already in existence, to rise in height, to rise, grow, grow up, thrive, increase, etc.
* Lit.: arbores,Lucr. 1, 254; so, fruges, arbusta, animantes,id. 1, 808: omnia paulatim crescunt (with grandescere alique),id. 1, 190 sq.: ut (ostrea) cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant,Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: in lecticis crescunt (infantes),Quint. 1, 2, 7: cresce, puer,Ov. M. 2, 643 et saep.: in cujus domo creverat,had grown up, been reared,Suet. Oth. 1; cf.: Alexander per quinquennium sub Aristotele doctore mclito crevit,Just. 12, 16, 8: Nilus in aestatem crescit campisque redundat,Lucr. 6, 713; cf. of the same,id. 6, 737: Liger ex nivibus creverat,Caes. B. G. 7, 55 fin.: in frondem crines, in ramos bracchia,to grow into,Ov. M. 1, 550; cf.: in ungues manus,id. ib. 2, 479: in immensum Atlas,id. ib. 4, 661: in latitudinem,to increase in breadth,Col. Arb. 17: in longitudinem,Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216: super ora caputque onus,Ov. M. 12, 516: ut clivo crevisse putes,id. ib. 8, 191 et saep.
* Transf., to increase in number to, augment, multiply: non mihi absenti crevisse amicos,Cic. Sest. 32, 69 (B. and K. ex conj. decrevisse): adhuc crescentibus annis,Ov. A. A. 1, 61.
* Trop.
* In gen., to grow, increase, to be enlarged or strengthened: cum Atheniensium opes senescere, contra Lacedaemoniorum crescere videret,Nep. Alcib. 5, 3; so, hostium opes animique,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45: non animi tantum, sed etiam vires crescebant,Liv. 5, 46, 4: animus laude crescit,Quint. 1, 2, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 13; Just. 19, 1, 8: animus crevit praetori,Liv. 44, 4, 1: cujusvis opes contra illius potentiam,Sall. C. 17, 7: cujusquam regnum per scelus,id. J. 14, 7: potentia paucorum (opp. plebis opes imminutae),id. C. 39, 1; Liv. 4, 2, 2 et saep.: haec (mala) primo paulatim,Sall. C. 10, 6: primo pecuniae, deinde imperii cupido,id. ib. 10, 3: fuga atque formido latius,id. J. 55, 7: licentia,id. C. 51, 30: inopia omnium,Liv. 21, 11, 12: rerum cognitio cottidie,Quint. 12, 11, 17: quā ex re creverat cum famā tum opibus,Nep. Alcib. 7 fin.; cf.: (Saguntini) in tantas brevi creverant opes,Liv. 21, 7, 3: Rhodiorum civitas populi Romani opibus,Sall. C. 51, 5; cf.: qui malo rei publicae,id. ib. 51, 32: usque ego postera Crescam laude recens,Hor. C. 3, 30, 8: a brevibus in longas (iambi),Quint. 9, 4, 136.
* In partic., to rise or increase in distinction, honor, courage, etc., to be promoted or advanced, to prosper, to become great, attain honor: accusarem alios potius, ex quibus possem crescere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83: ex invidiā senatoriā,id. Clu. 28, 77: ex his,Liv. 29, 37, 17: ex me,id. 35, 19, 5: de uno isto, de multis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173: dignitate, gratiā,Nep. Att. 21, 1; cf. id. ib. 10, 3; and absol.: crescendi in curiā occasio,Liv. 1, 46, 2: cresco et exsulto et discussā senectute recalesco, quotiens, etc.,Sen. Ep. 34, 1; cf.: gaudet et ex nostro crescit maerore Charaxus,Ov. H. 15, 117: hic uno modo crescere potest, si se ipse summittat, etc.,Plin. Pan. 71, 4.

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