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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>măcesco</b>: ĕre,<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>măcēscō</b>,¹⁶ ĕre ([[maceo]]), intr., maigrir, devenir maigre : Pl. Capt. 134 ; [[Varro]] R. 3, 16 || [en parl. de la terre] s’appauvrir : Col. Rust. 2, 9, 14.
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