tabesco

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Latin

Etymology

From tābeō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

tābēscō (present infinitive tābēscere, perfect active tābuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to gradually melt or dissolve
  2. to dwindle away, waste away

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References

  • tabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tabesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be wasted with grief; to die of grief: dolore confici, tabescere