liquescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →liquesco, liquescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
become liquid/fluid, melt, liquefy; decompose, putrefy; grow soft/effeminate;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...maiorem esse multo quam folles taurini habent, cum liquescunt petrae, ferrum ubi fit. Praenestinum opino esse, ita erat..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...Veneris compagibus haerent, membra voluptatis dum vi labefacta liquescunt. tandem ubi se erupit nervis coniecta cupido, parva..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...velluntur postibus altis arma olim dimissa patrum, flammisque liquescunt dona deum; ereptum superis Mars efferat aurum. nusquam umbrae..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...canes avidaeque volucres, non cani tetigere lupi; dilapsa liquescunt adflatuque nocent et agunt contagia late. 'Pervenit ad miseros..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ungues posuisse rigorem; primaque de tota tenuissima quaeque liquescunt, caerulei crines digitique et crura pedesque (nam brevis..."