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albeo

albeo, to be white

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

albeō, 2, n.: to be white, 12.36. (albus)

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albentes Verb: present active participle masculine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine vocative plural of albeo

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albĕo, ēre, v. n. [albus],
  • to be white (rare and orig. poet., esp. often in Ovid; but also in post-Aug. prose): campi ossibus, * Verg. A. 12, 36: caput canis capillis, Ov. H. 13, 161.—Esp. in the part. pres.: albens, white: albentes rosae, Ov. A. A. 3, 182: spumae, id. M. 15, 519: vitta, id. ib. 5, 110 al.; in prose: equi, * Plin. Pan. 22; in Tac. several times: ossa, A. 1, 61: spumae, id. ib. 6, 37: in pallorem membra, id. ib. 15, 64.—The poet. expression, albente caelo, at daybreak, at the dawn, was used (acc. to Caecilius in Quint. 8, 3, 35) in prose first by the hist. Sisenna (about 30 years before Caes.), and after him by Caes. and the author of the Bell. Afric.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 68; Auct. B. Afr. 11; id. 80; cf. albesco.

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