macresco

mā̆cresco, crŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [1. macer], to grow lean, meagre:

algor eas et famis macrescere cogit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; 3, 5, 3:

macrescit pecus,

Col. 6, 3, 1:

macrescunt animalia,

Veg. Vet. 1, 7, 2: invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis, grows thin at, pines away at, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: curionem agnum Plautus pro macro dixit, quasi cura macruisset, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. curionem, p. 60 Müll.