arescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aresco, arescere, arescui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Agriculture
become dry; dry up; wither (plants); run dry (stream/tears); languish (L=S);; become dry; dry up; wither (plants); run dry (stream/tears); languish (L+S);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tectum, da mihi vestimenti aliquid aridi, dum arescunt mea; in aliquo tibi gratiam referam loco. SCEP. Tegillum eccillud..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnia sponte proveniunt: quae tamen cotidie nisi decerpantur arescunt. Sed et copia habeat modum, sine quo nihil..."