liquescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →liquesco, liquescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become liquid/fluid, melt, liquefy; decompose, putrefy; grow soft/effeminate;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inquis 'minui et deperire et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere. Non enim subito impulsi ac prostrati sumus: carpimur, singuli..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...exstructa dedit risusque iocosque, dum flamma sine tura liquescere limine sacro persuadere cupit. credat Iudaeus Apella..."
