rĕ-vĭresco — Lewis & Short
rĕ-vĭresco, rŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to become or grow green again; to recover its verdure.
I Lit. (rare):
laesae silvae,Ov. M. 2, 408:
arbor Ruminalis in novos fetus,Tac. A. 13, 58:
caepe revirescit decedente lunā, contra autem inarescit adulescente,Gell. 20, 8, 17.—
2 Poet., transf., of an old man, to become young again:
spes est virginibus subjecta, Arte suum parili revirescere posse parentem,Ov. M. 7, 305:
pars credunt torvos patriā revirescere vultus,Sil. 15, 134.—
II Trop., to grow strong or vigorous again; to grow young again; to be renewed; to flourish again; to revive (freq. and class.):
aliquando rei publicae vires, quae malitiā nocentum exaruerunt, virtute optimatium revirescent,Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; cf.:
quamquam sunt accisae (res), tamen efferent se aliquando et ad renovandum bellum revirescent,Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34; id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: cum semel invasit senectus, regressum non habet, nec revirescere aut repubescere potest, Col. 2, 1, 4; Flor. prooem. fin.:
imperium,Curt. 10, 9, 5:
domus Germanici,Tac. A. 4, 12:
partes,id. H. 3, 7 fin.:
dux pignore promissae laudis,Sil. 8, 228:
nunc praeclari facti decus crebrā memoriā revirescit,Val. Max. 4, 8, 4.