contabesco

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tābēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

contābēscō (present infinitive contābēscere, perfect active contābuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to waste slowly away
  2. to be consumed

Conjugation

References

  • contabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contabesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.