liquescat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →liquesco, liquescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become liquid/fluid, melt, liquefy; decompose, putrefy; grow soft/effeminate;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...stillantque, quasi igni cera super calido tabescens multa liquescat. sed vehemens imber fit, ubi vehementer utraque nubila..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...laquearibus aurum, quae divum in vultus igni formanda liquescat massa, quid Ausoniae scriptum crepet igne Monetae., Hinc tibi..."