glisco — Lewis & Short
glisco, ĕre, v. n.perh. kindred with cresco, Paul. ex Fest. s. h. v. p. 98 Müll.; cf. Doed. Syn. 1, p. 21,
I to grow up, swell up, spread, blaze up, burst out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. crebresco).
I Lit.:
ignis Alexandri Phrygio sub pectore gliscens,kindling, Lucr. 1, 474;
so of fire,Sil. 14, 308; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 9: gliscit, ut ignis oleo, Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. 22, 21 (Cic. 10, p. 63 Kays.):
suffusa veneno Tenditur, ac sanie gliscit cutis,swells, Stat. Th. 1, 107:
asellus paleis gliscit,i. e. grows stout, fat, Col. 7, 1, 1:
turtur difficulter,id. 8, 9, 1; cf. Fest. s. v. reglescit, p. 278 Müll.; Col. 2, 5, 1:
immensum aucto mari et vento gliscente,Sall. H. 3, 31 Dietsch.—
II Trop., to swell, grow, increase, augment, spread:
spectat atrox hostile caput, gliscitque tepentis Lumina torva videns,Stat. Th. 8, 756:
hos ubi velle acies et dulci gliscere ferro Dux videt,i. e. ardently long for, id. ib. 12, 639: cf. with inf. (like gestio):
gliscis regnare superbus,id. ib. 3, 73: ad juvenilem libidinem copia voluptatum gliscit, ut ignis oleo, * Cic. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. 22, 22:
gaudium,Pac. ib. 18; Lucr. 5, 1061:
furor in dies,id. 4, 1069:
clamor, singultus, jurgia,id. 3, 480:
rabies,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 26:
proelium,id. As. 5, 2, 62:
seditio,Liv. 42, 2, 2:
invidia,id. 2, 23, 2:
ne glisceret primo neclegendo bellum,id. 29, 2, 2:
saevitia,Tac. A. 6, 19:
adulatio,id. ib. 1, 1:
flagitia et infamia,id. ib. 14, 15:
gloria et pericula,id. ib. 15, 23:
multitudo gliscit immensum,grows, increases, id. ib. 4, 27; cf.:
gliscerent numero et aliquando minuerentur,id. ib. 4, 5 fin.:
postquam eo magnificentiae venerit (res publica), gliscere singulos,grow in wealth, id. ib. 2, 33:
gliscentibus negotiis duo praetores additi,id. ib. 11, 22:
fama gliscit gressu,Sil. 4, 6.!*? In pass.: ut major invidia Lepido glisceretur, may grow, increase, Sempron. Asellio ap. Non. 481, 5: cum te salvum video, gliscor gaudio, Turp. ap. Non. 22, 13 (Com. Fragm. v. 191 Rib.).