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marcesco, ĕre
* V. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt,Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218: quae spectatissime florent, celerrime marcescunt,id. 21, 1, 1, § 2: calamus,Vulg. Isa. 19, 6.
* Transf., to become weak, feeble, powerless, to pine or waste away, languish: marcescens celerius nominis sui flore,fading,Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125: alia genera pecorum morbo et languoribus marcescunt,Col. 7, 7, 1: senio vires,Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 81: vino,Ov. P. 1, 5, 45: equitem marcescere desidia,Liv. 28, 35, 3: marcescere otii situ,id. 33, 45, 7: otio,id. 35, 35, 9: otia per somnos,Ov. P. 2, 9, 61: dives,Vulg. Jac. 1, 11.
* V. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt,Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218: quae spectatissime florent, celerrime marcescunt,id. 21, 1, 1, § 2: calamus,Vulg. Isa. 19, 6.
* Transf., to become weak, feeble, powerless, to pine or waste away, languish: marcescens celerius nominis sui flore,fading,Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125: alia genera pecorum morbo et languoribus marcescunt,Col. 7, 7, 1: senio vires,Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 81: vino,Ov. P. 1, 5, 45: equitem marcescere desidia,Liv. 28, 35, 3: marcescere otii situ,id. 33, 45, 7: otio,id. 35, 35, 9: otia per somnos,Ov. P. 2, 9, 61: dives,Vulg. Jac. 1, 11.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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