macesco

măcesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [maceo], to grow lean or thin, to become meagre (anteand post-Aug.):

(apes) propter laborem asperantur et macescunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16; 1, 55, 1:

constat, arva segetibus ejus (hordei) macescere,

become poor, Col. 2, 9, 14:

feminis bubus demitur (cibus), quod macescentes melius concipere dicuntur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

tuo maerore maceror, Macesco, consenesco et tabesco miser,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 31.