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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=liquesco liquescere, -, - V :: become liquid/fluid, melt, liquify; decompose, putrefy; grow soft/effeminate
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lĭquesco</b>: lĭcŭi, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. [[inch]]. n. [[liqueo]], to [[become]] [[fluid]] or [[liquid]], to [[melt]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[tabes]] nivis liquescentis, Liv. 21, 36: haec ut [[cera]] liquescit, Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431: volnificusque [[chalybs]] vastā fornace liquescit, Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162: corpora foeda jacent ... dilapsa liquescunt, i. e. [[putrefy]], Ov. M. 7, 550.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[become]] [[clear]], [[limpid]]: [[aqua]] liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[liquid]] [[sound]] of l, m, n, r [[with]] [[other]] [[consonants]], to [[merge]], [[coalesce]], be confined [[with]] [[other]] sounds: eorum [[sonus]] liquescit et tenuatur, Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[grow]] [[soft]], [[effeminate]]: [[qua]] (voluptate) cum liquescimus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[melt]] or [[waste]] [[away]]: [[fortuna]] liquescit, Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a [[person]]: minui et deperire, et, ut [[proprie]] dicam, liquescere, Sen. Ep. 26.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lĭquēscō</b>,¹² lĭcŭī, ĕre ([[liqueo]]), intr.,<br /><b>1</b> devenir [[liquide]], se liquéfier, fondre : Liv. 21, 36 ; Virg. B. 8, 80 ; Ov. M. 5, 431 &#124;&#124; devenir clair, [[limpide]] : B. Alex. 5<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] s’efféminer : Cic. Tusc. 2, 52 &#124;&#124; fondre, disparaître, s’évanouir : Ov. Ib. 425 ; Sen. Ep. 26, 4.||devenir clair, [[limpide]] : B. Alex. 5<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] s’efféminer : Cic. Tusc. 2, 52||fondre, disparaître, s’évanouir : Ov. Ib. 425 ; Sen. Ep. 26, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=liquēsco, licuī, ere (Inchoat. v. [[liqueo]]), I) [[flüssig]]-, [[fließend]] [[werden]], [[schmelzen]], A) eig.: 1) im allg.: liquescit [[nix]], Liv., [[cera]], Verg. – 2) insbes.: a) [[durch]] [[Fäulnis]] [[schmelzen]], [[verwesen]], corpora dilapsa liquescunt, Ov. [[met]]. 7, 550. – b) [[flüssig]] [[werden]], v. Tone der Liquidä (L, M, N, R), Prob. de ult. syll. 221, 18 K. – B) übtr., [[schmelzen]], d.i. 1) [[weichlich]] [[werden]], voluptate, Cic. Tusc. 2, 52. – 2) gleichs. zu [[Wasser]] [[werden]], [[sich]] [[verflüchtigen]], [[vergehen]], liquescit [[fortuna]], Ov., [[mens]], Ov.: [[incommodum]] [[summum]] est minui et deperire, et, ut [[proprie]] dicam, liquescere, Sen. – II) prägn., [[hell]]-, [[klar]] [[werden]], v. [[Wasser]], Auct. b. Alex. 5, 1.
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