ē-vălesco — Lewis & Short
ē-vălesco, lŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to become strong, increase in strength, to increase, grow (cf.: vix illa, quae parago/mena vocant, nobis permittimus, sed hoc feliciter, evaluit, Quint. 8, 6, 32; not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.:
cum evaluissent flagella pedes binos,Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116; cf.
rami,id. 16, 30, 54, § 125.—
II Trop.
A In gen.:
adjuta cura natura magis evalescit,Quint. 2, 8, 5; Tac. A. 14, 58 fin.: affectatio quietis in tumultum evaluit, strengthened into, etc., id. H. 1, 80:
indoles naturalis, adjuta praeceptis, evalescit,Sen. Ep. 94, 31.—
2 Transf.
a In the temp. perf., to have power or ability for any thing, to be able:
ut ne ipsa quidem natura in hoc ita evaluerit, ut non, etc.,Quint. 10, 2, 10: sed non Dardaniae medicari cuspidis ictum Evaluit, * Verg. A. 7, 757; so with a subjectclause, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201; Stat. S. 5, 2, 79; Claud. Cons. Honor. 303; Rapt. Pros. 3, 92. —
b To be worth in price, Macr. S. 2, 13 fin.—
B In partic., of a word or expression, to prevail, get into vogue:
ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,Tac. G. 2 fin.; so Quint. 9, 3, 13.