in-fusco
in-fusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make dark or dusky, to darken, obscure. Lit.: humida fulmina non urunt sed infuscant, Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137: aquā infuscatā atramento, id. 9, 29, 45, § 84; Vict. Orig. Gentis R. 14: vellera, Verg. G. 3, 389: harenam sanie, id. ib. 493: rufum colorem nigro, Gell. 2, 26, 8.—Transf.: vinum, to dilute wine, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 21: saporem, to spoil the taste, Col. 12, 19, 2: sonum, to obscure or lower the voice, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: vox non infuscata, Sen. praef. Contr. 1 med.— Trop., to obscure, sully, stain, tarnish: metuo ne quid infuscaverit, lest he do some mischief, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 46: nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat, Cic. Brut. 74, 258: vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, id. Planc. 9, 22: gloriosam militiam, Just. 12, 11: victoriae gloriam saevitiae macula, id. 12, 5: jus pietatis, Calp. Declam. 24.
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in-fusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make dark or dusky, to darken, obscure. Lit.: humida fulmina non urunt sed infuscant, Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137: aquā infuscatā atramento, id. 9, 29, 45, § 84; Vict. Orig. Gentis R. 14: vellera, Verg. G. 3, 389: harenam sanie, id. ib. 493: rufum colorem nigro, Gell. 2, 26, 8.—Transf.: vinum, to dilute wine, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 21: saporem, to spoil the taste, Col. 12, 19, 2: sonum, to obscure or lower the voice, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: vox non infuscata, Sen. praef. Contr. 1 med.— Trop., to obscure, sully, stain, tarnish: metuo ne quid infuscaverit, lest he do some mischief, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 46: nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat, Cic. Brut. 74, 258: vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, id. Planc. 9, 22: gloriosam militiam, Just. 12, 11: victoriae gloriam saevitiae macula, id. 12, 5: jus pietatis, Calp. Declam. 24.
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