marcesco — Lewis & Short
marcesco, ĕre,
I v. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I 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.—
II 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.