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sordesco

sordesco, to become dirty, be soiled

sordesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [sordeo],
  • to become dirty, grow filthy (not ante-Aug., and very rare): contrectatus ubi manibus sordescere vulgi Coeperis (liber), * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11: mel, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31: manus, id. 33, 3, 19, § 60: ager, i.e. to become wild, lie untilled, Gell. 4, 12, 1.—
  • II Trop., to be mean, vile, Amm.15, 13, 2.

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