ē-vānesco — Lewis & Short
ē-vānesco, nŭi, 3 (
I part. fut. evaniturus, Lact. 5, 4 fin.), v. inch. n., to vanish or pass away, to die away, to disappear (class.).
I Lit.
1 In gen.:
Bacchi cum flos evanuit (with diffugere in auras),Lucr. 3, 222:
evanescere paulatim et decrescere pondus,id. 5, 536:
evanescere stinguique colorem,id. 2, 828:
pruna,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6:
aquae,to evaporate, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24; cf.:
vinum et salsamentum vetustate,i. e. to lose its strength, become vapid, Cic. Div. 2, 57:
cornuaque extremae velut evanescere lunae,Ov. M. 2, 117 et saep.:
et procul in tenuem ex oculis evanuit auram,Verg. A. 9, 658; Ov. M. 14, 432; id. F. 2, 509.—
2 Of persons who flee or hide themselves through fear, Flor. 3, 3, 18; Amm. 16, 6, 3. —
II Trop.: ne cum poëta scriptura evanesceret, to die away, sink into oblivion, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; cf.:
omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95:
orationes,id. Brut. 27 fin.:
Hortensius,id. ib. 94:
sententiae Aristonis, Pyrrhonis (opp. stabilitatem habere),id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85 et saep.:
postea quam extenuari spem nostram et evanescere vidi,id. Att. 3, 13:
rumor,Liv. 28, 25; 44, 31:
fama,id. 33, 8:
ingenium,id. 2, 48:
omnis vis herbarum,Ov. M. 14, 356:
bella per taedia et moras (opp. valida impetu),Tac. H. 2, 32: donatio, i. e. to lose its effect (opp. valere), Dig. 24, 1, 11, § 7; cf.:
actio dotis,ib. 24, 3, 21:
evanescunt haec atque emoriuntur comparatione meliorum,Quint. 12, 10, 75.