marcesceres
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. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quas haberet copias non sineret sub tectis marcescere otio sed educeret et in armis decurrere cogeret, simul animos..." - T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...immitem et implacabilem eius uiri animum esse; marcescere otii situ queri ciuitatem et inertia sopiri nec sine armorum..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...facere ceteris et ipsos sentire, ad hoc equitem marcescere desidia, perpulit ut se traicere in continentem ad depopulandos..."