contabesco
contabesco, to waste away
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contabescens present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of contabesco
con-tābesco, tābŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to waste away gradually, to be consumed, pine away (very rare).
- I Lit.: cor guttatim contabescit, * Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 92 (202): Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75.—*
- II Trop.: o perfidiosae Fregellae, quam facile scelere vestro contabuistis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22.
con-tābēsco, tābuī, ere, zusammenzehren, -schwinden, sich aufzehren, vom Herzen (vor Gram), Plaut. merc. 205. – v. Menschen, Cic. Tusc. 3, 75. Vulg. 2. regg. 13, 20 u. ö.: c. inter delicias, Augustin. serm. 38, 7: c. animo, Boëth. cons. phil. 2. pros. 2 extr. – v. einer Stadt, dahinsinken, o perfidiosae Fregellae, quam facile scelere vestro contabuistis, Cornif. rhet. 4, 22. – v. der Freundschaft, dahinschwinden, si quidem illorum amicitia in consortione deliciarum et luxuriae contabuit, Val. Max. 7, 4 in. p. 202, 15 H.
See: contabescere
contābēscō, bŭī, bēscĕre, intr., se fondre entièrement : Pl. Merc. 205 || [fig.] se dessécher, se consumer, dépérir : Cic. Tusc. 3, 75.
con-tābēscō tābuī, —, ere,
- to waste away.