intabesco

in-tābesco, bui, 3, v. inch. n., to waste away by degrees, to pine away.

I.

Lit.:

diuturno morbo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 84 (B. and K. tabescentem):

cum semel fixae cibo Intabuissent pupulae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 39:

vitis intabescit,

Col. 4, 3:

virtutem videant intabescantque relictā,

Pers. 3, 38:

dolori,

with grief, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 24.—

II.

Transf., to melt away, dissolve:

ut intabescere flavae Igne levi cerae solent,

Ov. M. 3, 487:

lata plumbea funda Missa solet medio glans intabescere caelo,

id. ib. 14, 826.