vanescebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vanesco, vanescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
vanish, fade, disappear;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mortem strinxerat venas, et nutantium fulgor extremus vanescebat oculorum, et iam desperantibus medicis crediderat pater. adhuc tamen spirare..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...destituta aut etiam pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat, candida interdum, interdum sordida et maculosa prout terram cineremve..."