ripen Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. mātūro, 12. cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to r. by heat)3. percŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to r. thoroughly)II. Intrans.1. mātūresco, rui, 32. permātūresco, rui, 3 (to grow quite r.)3. ēmātūresco, rui, 3 (rare) • ripen: I. Trans.: 1. mātūro, 1: to r. grapes, m. uvas, Tib. 1, 4, 19: Cic. 2. cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to r. by heat): fruit r.d by sunshine, fructus solibus coctus, Plin. 12, 5, 11: Varr. 3. percŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to r. thoroughly): Sen. Ben. 7, 31, 2: Ov. Phr.: to r. anything, ad maturitatem perducere, Plin. 19, 3, 15, ad fin.: v. perfect. II. Intrans.: 1. mātūresco, rui, 3: the crops r., frumenta m., Caes. B. G. 6, 29: the boil r.s of itself, furunculus maturescit per se, Cels. 5, 28, 8: if his good qualities had r.'d, si virtutes ejus maturuissent, Plin. Ep. 5, 9. 2. permātūresco, rui, 3 (to grow quite r.): Ov. M. 4, 165. 3. ēmātūresco, rui, 3 (rare): Gell. 2, 29: Plin. Phr.: to r., ad maturitatem pervenire, maturitatem adipisci, Plin. 13, 4, 7; 19, 5, 23.
RIPEN Copy link • RIPENTransitively, ad maturitatem perducere: maturare. To ripen an ulcer, ulcus ad suppurationem perducere. Intransitively, maturari, maturescere: ematurescere: ad maturitatem venire or pervenire (PROP. physically): rnaturitatem aetatis ad prudentiam assequi (figuratively of the mind; after Cic., ad Div., 4, 4, 4).