The corpus record — Latin

macesco

to grow lean

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Where it lives

Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k

What it meant

măcesco — Lewis & Short

măcesco, ĕre,

I v. inch. n. [maceo], to grow lean or thin, to become meagre (anteand post-Aug.): (apes) propter laborem asperantur et macescunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16; 1, 55, 1: constat, arva segetibus ejus (hordei) macescere, become poor, Col. 2, 9, 14: feminis bubus demitur (cibus), quod macescentes melius concipere dicuntur, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17: tuo maerore maceror, Macesco, consenesco et tabesco miser, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 31.

In the wild

macescunt Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.1.7
macescat Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.3.18
macescunt Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7.7.1
macesco Plautus, Captivi 1.2
macescere Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.9.14

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. macésco (scan p. 399; entry #6343).

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