become (= be made) Copy link Outline 1. fīo, factus sum, fĭĕri2. ēvādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3 (pointing more definitely to the issue3. exsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (prop. to stand forth, arise4. exŏrior, ortus, 4 (to spring forth, arise suddenly • become (= be made): 1. fīo, factus sum, fĭĕri: the state became wiser by training, disciplina doctior facta est civitas, Cic.: the bones b. stone, ossa lapis f., Ov.: and from a god you shall b. a bloodless body, eque deo corpus fies exsangue, Ov.: he will suddenly b. a bristly boar, fiet subito sus horridus, Virg.: I wish to ask what has b. of my younger son, volo erogitare meo minore quid sit factum filio, Pl.: what will b. of my brother? de fratre quid fiet? Ter.: what will b. of the arts? quid fiet artibus? Cic.: what will b. of me? quid mihi fiet? Ov. 2. ēvādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3 (pointing more definitely to the issue: to turn out): he judged that they could not b. orators, judicabat eos non posse oratores e., Cic.: the minds of the people b. effeminate, molles mentes e. civium, Cic. 3. exsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (prop. to stand forth, arise: q. v.): for these reasons I have b. advocate in this case, his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti, Cic. 4. exŏrior, ortus, 4 (to spring forth, arise suddenly: q. v.): Gyges suddenly became king of Lydia, repente Gyges rex exortus est Lydiae, Cic.--Note. To become, esp. in connexion with adjectives, may often be expr. by means of an inceptive verb: as, to b. rich, ditesco; to b. white, albesco; to b. old, senesco, etc.: for which v. rich, etc.