macresco
macresco, to grow lean, pine away
mā̆cresco, crŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [1. macer],
- to grow lean, meagre: algor eas et famis macrescere cogit, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; 3, 5, 3: macrescit pecus, Col. 6, 3, 1: macrescunt animalia, Veg. Vet. 1, 7, 2: invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis, grows thin at, pines away at, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: curionem agnum Plautus pro macro dixit, quasi cura macruisset, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. curionem, p. 60 Müll.
macrēsco, cruī, ere (macer), mager werden, abmagern, v. leb. Wesen, absol., Varro r. r. 2, 5, 15 u. 3, 5, 3: mit Abl. (durch), penuriā cibi, Colum. 6, 3, 1: curā, Paul. ex Fest. 60, 3 (wo Plusqu.-Perf. macruisset): alterius rebus opimis, bei usw., Hor. ep. 1, 2, 57.
See: macrescere
măcrēscō, (16) crŭī, ĕre (macer), intr., maigrir : Varro R. 2, 5, 15 ; Col. Rust. 6, 3, 1 || [fig.] sécher, dépérir : alterius rebus opimis invidus macrescit Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57, lʼembonpoint [= le bon état des affaires] dʼautrui fait maigrir lʼenvieux.
macrēscō —, —, ēre, inch.
- macer, to grow lean, pine away: rebus opimis, H.