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vescus

vescus, small, slender, feeble, wavering

vescus, a, um, adj. [contr. from veesca].
  • Small, little, thin, weak, feeble: farra (opp. vegrandia), Ov. F. 3, 445: papaver, Verg. G. 4, 131: frondes, id. ib. 3, 175 Serv.: corpus, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81: vires, Afran. ap. Non. p. 187, 3.—
  • II Poor, wretched: fastidiosum ac vescum vivere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 32.—
  • III Act., corroding, eating away: sal, Lucr. 1, 326 Munro ad loc.

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