flāvĕo, ēre, v. n. [flavus], to be golden yellow or gold-colored, to be light yellow (poet.): sed cum maturis flavebit messis aristis, Col. poët. 10, 311; Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 124.—In part. pres.: flaventes cerae
, Ov. M. 8, 671: culta
, Verg. G. 4, 126: Clytius flavens prima lanugine malas
, id. A. 10, 324.