marcesco

marcesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

I.

Lit.:

fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218:

quae spectatissime florent, celerrime marcescunt,

id. 21, 1, 1, § 2:

calamus,

Vulg. Isa. 19, 6.—

II.

Transf., to become weak, feeble, powerless, to pine or waste away, languish:

marcescens celerius nominis sui flore,

fading, Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125:

alia genera pecorum morbo et languoribus marcescunt,

Col. 7, 7, 1:

senio vires,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

vino,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 45:

equitem marcescere desidia,

Liv. 28, 35, 3:

marcescere otii situ,

id. 33, 45, 7:

otio,

id. 35, 35, 9:

otia per somnos,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 61:

dives,

Vulg. Jac. 1, 11.