The corpus record — Latin

ob-sordesco

to wear out, decrease

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What it meant

ob-sordesco — Lewis & Short

ob-sordesco, dŭi, 3,

I v. inch. n., to become dirty, be soiled (ante- and post-class.).

I Lit.: ne coma fumo obsordescat, Prud. Apoth. 214.—

II Trop., to wear out, decrease: obsorduit jam haec in me aerumna, i. e. is moderated, Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 86 Rib.).

Where it came from

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