marcescerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →marcesco, marcescere, marcui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wither, shrivel up; fade/pine away; become weak/enfeebled/languid/apathetic;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quas haberet copias non sineret sub tectis marcescere otio sed educeret et in armis decurrere cogeret, simul animos..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...immitem et implacabilem eius uiri animum esse; marcescere otii situ queri ciuitatem et inertia sopiri nec sine armorum..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...facere ceteris et ipsos sentire, ad hoc equitem marcescere desidia, perpulit ut se traicere in continentem ad depopulandos..."