evanesco

ē-vānesco, nŭi, 3 ( part. fut. evaniturus, Lact. 5, 4 fin. ), v. inch. n., to vanish or pass away, to die away, to disappear (class.).

I.

Lit.

1.

In gen.:

Bacchi cum flos evanuit (with diffugere in auras),

Lucr. 3, 222:

evanescere paulatim et decrescere pondus,

id. 5, 536:

evanescere stinguique colorem,

id. 2, 828:

pruna,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6:

aquae,

to evaporate, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24; cf.:

vinum et salsamentum vetustate,

i. e. to lose its strength, become vapid, Cic. Div. 2, 57:

cornuaque extremae velut evanescere lunae,

Ov. M. 2, 117 et saep.:

et procul in tenuem ex oculis evanuit auram,

Verg. A. 9, 658; Ov. M. 14, 432; id. F. 2, 509.—

2.

Of persons who flee or hide themselves through fear, Flor. 3, 3, 18; Amm. 16, 6, 3. —

II.

Trop.: ne cum poëta scriptura evanesceret, to die away, sink into oblivion, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; cf.:

omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95:

orationes,

id. Brut. 27 fin.:

Hortensius,

id. ib. 94:

sententiae Aristonis, Pyrrhonis (opp. stabilitatem habere),

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85 et saep.:

postea quam extenuari spem nostram et evanescere vidi,

id. Att. 3, 13:

rumor,

Liv. 28, 25; 44, 31:

fama,

id. 33, 8:

ingenium,

id. 2, 48:

omnis vis herbarum,

Ov. M. 14, 356:

bella per taedia et moras (opp. valida impetu),

Tac. H. 2, 32: donatio, i. e. to lose its effect (opp. valere), Dig. 24, 1, 11, § 7; cf.:

actio dotis,

ib. 24, 3, 21:

evanescunt haec atque emoriuntur comparatione meliorum,

Quint. 12, 10, 75.