BECOME Copy link • BECOMEv. fieri: evadere (to turn out): Cic. became consul, Cic. consul factus est: to become a perfect orator, perfectum oratorem evadere: to become surety, sponsorem fieri pro aliquo: what will become of you? quid de te fiet? what will become of him? quid illo fiet? quid te futurum censes? (Observe, in this construction the ablative with, or, more commonly, without, de is used, or the dative, Zumpt.) To become a beggar, ad mendicitatem redigi: from a beggar to become a rich man, ex mendico fieri divitem. The infinitive termination escere indicates, in Latin, an incipient state: to become warm, calescere: to become rich, ditescere. To become or befit, decere, with accusative of the person whom anything becomes: it becomes, aequum est, par est, with the infinitive after it; convenit, with the accusative and infinitive after: it is not becoming, non decet: it is not at all becoming, minime decet; both with accutative and infinitive; e.g., it does not at all become an orator to be in a rage, oratorem irasci minime decet. “Becomes” is frequently translated by est with a genitive when it denotes a quality; as, it becomes a young man, est juvenis; but if the object is a personal pronoun, the possessive pronoun is used; e.g., it becomes you, tuum est. “To become” is also rendered by aptum, accommodatum esse alicui: to become a person well, honestare aliquem; convenire alicui; dignum esse aliquo: not to become a person well, dedecere or indecere aliquem; indecorum, dedecori torpe esse alicui; indignum esse aliquo: to do things that ill become a soldier, rei militaris dedecus admittere: he thinks that these things become not his dignity, haec dignitate sua leviora ducit: this dress becomes her well, haec vestis satis decet eam (Plaut., Most, 1, 3. 10): modesty becomes youth, pudor juvenilem ornat aetatem.