tardescitDictionary entriestardesco, tardescere, -, -:Verb · 3rd conjugationFrequency:Lesser= become slow;Entry →sg. pres. act. ind. 3rdExamplesLiber IIITitus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX"...diditus ardor, consequitur gravitas membrorum, praepediuntur crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens, nant oculi, clamor singultus iurgia gliscunt..."