LAT

Lewis Short

(adjective) : vescus, a, um, contr. from veesca.
* Small, little, thin, weak, feeble: farra (opp. vegrandia),Ov. F. 3, 445: papaver,Verg. G. 4, 131: frondes,id. ib. 3, 175 Serv.: corpus,Plin. 7, 20, 19, ยง 81: vires, Afran. ap. Non. p. 187, 3.
* Poor, wretched: fastidiosum ac vescum vivere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 32.
* Act., corroding, eating away: sal,Lucr. 1, 326 Munro ad loc.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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