(P. a.adv.) : obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3
* V. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete (class.; syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.: haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11: obsolevit jam oratio,id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,id. Agr. 1, 7, 21: laus,Tac. A. 4, 26: enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.
* Lit., old, worn out, thrown off: erat veste obsoletā,Liv. 27, 34: vestitus,Nep. Ages. 8, 2: amiculum,Curt. 6, 9, 25: vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,in a worn-out dress,id. Pis. 36, 89: tectum,old, ruinous,Hor. C. 2, 10, 6: verba,obsolete,Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150: obsoleta et vulgaria,id. Quint. 18, 56.
* Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low: crimina,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177: gaudia,Liv. 30, 42.—Comp.: obsoletior oratio,a too ordinary, too negligent style,Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33: honores,of little worth,Nep. Milt. 6, 2: color,Col. 4, 30: o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus,Hor. Epod. 17, 46: dextra obsoleta sanguine,defiled,Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly: paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.

s. TLL