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vĭrĭdo, āre, 1, v. a. and n. [viridis].
- I. Act., to make green, cause to grow green: hastas floribus, Val. Fl. 6, 136: vada subnatis viridentur ab herbis, become green, Ov. Hal. 90.
More freq.,
- II. Neutr., in the part. pres. viridans, growing green, green, verdant: cingit viridanti tempora lauro, Verg. A. 5, 539: herbae, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396: hedera, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117; cf.: proximus ut viridante toro consederat herbae, Verg. A. 5, 388: gemmae, Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113: color, Lucr. 5, 785.