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dē-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To boil away, boil down, diminish by boiling.

Lit.:

usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26;

so acetum ad quartas, ad tertias,

Col. 12, 34; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140:

in dimidiam partem,

Col. 12, 24, 1:

aquam,

id. 12, 26:

pars quarta (argenti) decocta erat,

had melted away, passed off into dross, Liv. 32, 2.—

Trop.

With acc., to diminish, repress, consume, waste:

multum inde decoquent anni,

Quint. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

accensam sed qui bene decoquat iram,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 349.— Poet., with a personal object:

hic campo indulget, hunc alea decoquit,

Pers. 5, 57.—

Of personal subjects, to run through the property of one's self or others; to become a bankrupt:

tenesne memoria, praetextatum te decoxisse?

Cic. Phil. 2, 18:

qui primus hoc cognomen acceperit decoxit creditoribus suis,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 133.—

To waste away, become impaired, decline:

res ipsa jam domino decoxit,

Col. 11, 1, 28:

quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum (imperium) quasi decoxit,

Flor. 1, Prooem. 8:

templorum vectigalia cotidie decoquunt,

Tert. adv. Gent. 42:

spero non tibi decoquet ornithon,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16.

To boil, cook.

Lit.:

axungiam fictili novo,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138:

cyathum aceti in calice novo,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 78:

lentem in vino,

id. 22, 25, 77, § 147:

rapa aqua,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 126: olus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 74 et saep.—Hence,

Part. perf. subst.

dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. aqua), an icy-cold decoction, invented by Nero as a drink, Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 50; cf. Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39. With aqua, Mart. 14, 116.—

dē-coctum, i, n., a medicinal drink, potion, Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; 27, 12, 84, § 108 al.—

Transf., pass. (acc. to coquo, no. I. b.), to ripen, dry, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226; Pall. 1, 34, 7.—

To concoct, fabricate, invent: consilia nefarii facinoris, Decl. M. Posc. Latr.—

Trop.: suavitatem habeat orator austeram et solidam, non dulcem et decoctam, a severe and solid, not a luscious and mellow sweetness (the fig. being taken from wine), Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, dēcoctĭus, adj. comp. (cf. no. II. B. 2.), riper, of composition; more carefully elaborated:

aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis,

Pers. 1, 125.

tābĕo, ēre, v. n. [tabes], to melt, melt down or away, to waste away, consume ( poet.).

Lit.:

aliis rebus concrescunt semina membris, Atque aliis extenuantur tabentque vicissim,

Lucr. 4, 1262:

corpora tabent,

Ov. M. 7, 541:

tabentes genae,

Verg. A. 12, 221:

tabens sanies,

Stat. Th. 4, 364:

sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt,

dripping, Verg. A. 1, 173.—

Trop., to waste away, vanish: seditio tabetne an numeros augificat suos? Enn. ap. Non. 76, 2 (Trag. v. 105 Vahl.).

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

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.—

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.

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con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen., of buildings:

conclave illud concidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

Tac. A. 14, 6:

turris terrae motu,

Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

omne caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

(alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

pinus bipenni Thessalā,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

ad terram pondere vasto,

Verg. A. 5, 448:

sub onere,

Liv. 24, 8, 17:

pronus in fimo,

Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —

Pregn.

To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

paene in cursu concidi,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

vi morbi coactus concidere,

Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

sanus bibit, statim concidit,

Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

concidere epoto poculo,

id. 5, 13, 15; and:

ad primum gustum,

Suet. Ner. 33:

deficientibus viribus,

id. Tib. 73:

par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

Dido usa manu,

id. H. 7, 196:

sparo percussus,

Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

in proelio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

vitio adversariorum,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

hence also of Iphigenia,

Lucr. 1, 99.—

Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

concidunt venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

macie,

to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

concidit auguris Argivi domus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

quā concidit Ilia tellus,

Verg. A. 11, 245:

eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

Vell. 1, 13:

judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

Tiberii saevitiā,

id. ib. 16, 29:

hostes concidunt animis,

are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

opes Persarum,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

senatūs auctoritas,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

imperii majestas,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

artificia,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

praeclara nomina artificum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

omnis ferocia,

Liv. 28, 26, 14:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 57 al.

con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nervos,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

corpus in partes,

Petr. 141, 2:

vitulum Ajax,

id. 59 fin.:

ligna,

Ov. F. 2, 647:

agrum umidiorem fossis,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

concidere et cremare naves,

to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

essedum argenteum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

haec minute,

Col. 12, 22.—

In partic.

To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

aliquem virgis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

loris,

Juv. 6, 413:

pugnis,

id. 3, 300.—

To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—

In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —

Trop.

Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

(sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—

To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

Antonium decretis vestris,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

Timocraten totis voluminibus,

to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

testamentum,

to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—

In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

sententiae,

Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

concisae et angustae disputationes,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

brevitas,

id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

brevia illa atque concisa,

Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

thus with brevis,

id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

(philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 2, 11:

ululare,

Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

con-tābesco, tābŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to waste away gradually, to be consumed, pine away (very rare).

Lit.: cor guttatim contabescit, * Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 92: Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75.—

Trop.:

o perfidiosae Fregellae, quam facile scelere vestro contabuistis,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22.

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

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.—

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.

rōdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. rado], to gnaw (class.).

Lit.: rutabulum, Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.):

clipeos, etc. (mures),

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: praetextam, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 19:

dente pollicem,

Hor. Epod. 5, 48:

vivos ungues,

id. S. 1, 10, 71:

vitem (caper),

Ov. F. 1, 357:

saxa capellae,

id. M. 13, 691:

reliquias (mures),

Phaedr. 1, 22, 6:

rosus tineis,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 10. —

Transf., to eat away, waste away, corrode, consume:

ripas (flumina),

Lucr. 5, 256:

ferrum (robigo),

Ov. P. 1, 1, 71:

tophum (calx),

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166. —

Trop., to backbite, slander, disparage, etc. (syn. vellico):

in conviviis rodunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

absentem amicum,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 81:

libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 46:

cuncta robiginosis dentibus,

Mart. 5, 28, 7; cf.:

dentem dente,

i. e. to speak ill of each other, id. 13, 2, 6: murmura secum et rabiosa silentia rodunt, i. e. to mutter to one ' s self, Pers. 3, 81.

sĕnesco, nŭi, 3 ( gerundive:

senescendi homines,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. inch. n. [seneo], to grow old, become aged; to grow hoary.

Lit. (rare):

ita sensim aetas senescit,

Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:

tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis,

Ov. F. 6, 771:

senescente jam Graeciā,

Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

solve senescentem mature equum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

arbores senescunt,

Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: Solon significat se cottidie aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.:

avus (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit,

Suet. Aug. 2:

ego senui et progressioris aetatis sum,

Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum id (seclum) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr. —

Transf.

For the usual consenescere, to grow old or gray in an occupation, etc., i. e. to linger too long over it:

inani circa voces studio senescunt,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To decay or diminish in strength; to grow weak, feeble, or powerless; to waste away, fall off, wane, decline, etc. (the prevailing signif. of the word in prose and poetry; cf. consenesco; while inveterasco is to grow better by age).

Of living subjects (a favorite expression of Livy;

perh. not in Cic., but cf. consenesco, II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus,

Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf.

of the same,

id. 22, 39:

otio senescere,

id. 25, 7:

non esse cum aegro senescendum,

id. 21, 53:

dis hominibusque accusandis senescere,

to pine away, id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.:

amore senescit habendi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85:

socordiā,

Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7:

ne (agni) desiderio senescant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.—

Of doves,

Col. 8, 8, 4:

quod antiquatur et senescit prope interitum est,

Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—

Of things:

quaedam faciunda in agris potius crescente lunā quam senescente,

in the waning of the moon, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so,

luna (opp. crescens),

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42:

arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā simul senescentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

nunc pleno orbe, nunc senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo cornu fulgere lunam,

Liv. 44, 37:

continuā messe senescit ager,

becomes exhausted, worn out, Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

prata,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. grow pale or dim, id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf.

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 70:

caseus in salem,

grows salt with age, id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: coma, falls out, Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, decay (with delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.:

mensis senescens,

drawing to an end, closing, Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so,

hiems,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things:

oratorum laus senescit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.:

ut laus senescens,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 7:

senescere civitatem otio,

Liv. 1, 22, 2:

omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt,

Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so,

somnia,

Sall. J. 35, 3:

vires,

id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27:

Hannibalis vis,

id. 25, 16:

bellum,

id. 28, 36; 30, 19:

pugna,

id. 5, 21:

fama,

id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf.

rumores,

id. A. 2, 77:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 12:

vitia (opp. maturescente virtute),

id. 3, 12:

invidia,

id. 29, 22:

fortuna (opp. florere),

Vell. 2, 11, 3:

amor,

Ov. A. A. 3, 594.