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abolesco

abolesco, to decay gradually, vanish, disappear, die out

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

abolēscō, olēvī, 2, inc. n.: to decay, 7.232. (aboleō)
ăb-ŏlesco, ēvi, no sup., 3, v. inch. n. (vox Vergiliana) [aboleo],
  • to decay little by little, to vanish, cease (like aboleo, not before the Aug. period): tantique abolescet gratia facti, * Verg. A. 7, 232: donec cum re nomen quoque vetustate abolevit, Liv. 1, 23, 3; cf.: cujus rei prope jam memoria aboleverat, id. 3, 55, 6; 9, 36, 1: poena, Gell. 20, 1 al.: abolescit, Crescite, etc., Tert. Exh. Cast. 6.

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