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|lshtext=<b>sĕnesco</b>: nŭi, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> gerundive: senescendi homines, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. [[inch]]. n. [[seneo]], to [[grow]] old, [[become]] [[aged]]; to [[grow]] [[hoary]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): ita [[sensim]] [[aetas]] senescit, Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.: tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis, Ov. F. 6, 771: senescente jam Graeciā, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58: [[solve]] senescentem [[mature]] equum, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8: arbores senescunt, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: [[Solon]] significat se [[cottidie]] aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.: [[avus]] (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit, Suet. Aug. 2: ego senui et progressioris aetatis [[sum]], Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum [[spatium]] senescendorum hominum id ([[seclum]]) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> For the [[usual]] consenescere, to [[grow]] old or [[gray]] in an [[occupation]], etc., i. e. to [[linger]] [[too]] [[long]] [[over]] it: inani [[circa]] voces [[studio]] senescunt, Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Causa pro effectu.) To [[decay]] or [[diminish]] in [[strength]]; to [[grow]] [[weak]], [[feeble]], or [[powerless]]; to [[waste]] [[away]], [[fall]] [[off]], [[wane]], [[decline]], etc. (the prevailing signif. of the [[word]] in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; cf. [[consenesco]]; [[while]] [[inveterasco]] is to [[grow]] [[better]] by [[age]]).<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[living]] subjects (a favorite [[expression]] of Livy; perh. not in Cic., [[but]] cf. [[consenesco]], II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus, Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf. of the [[same]], id. 22, 39: otio senescere, id. 25, 7: non esse cum aegro senescendum, id. 21, 53: dis hominibusque accusandis senescere, to [[pine]] [[away]], id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.: amore senescit habendi, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85: socordiā, Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7: ne (agni) desiderio senescant, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.— Of doves, Col. 8, 8, 4: [[quod]] antiquatur et senescit [[prope]] interitum est, Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of things: quaedam faciunda in agris [[potius]] crescente lunā [[quam]] senescente, in the waning of the [[moon]], Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so, [[luna]] (opp. crescens), Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā [[simul]] senescentes, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: [[nunc]] pleno orbe, [[nunc]] senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo [[cornu]] fulgere lunam, Liv. 44, 37: continuā messe senescit [[ager]], becomes exhausted, [[worn]] [[out]], Ov. A. A. 3, 82: prata, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. [[grow]] [[pale]] or [[dim]], id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf. smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 70: [[caseus]] in salem, grows [[salt]] [[with]] [[age]], id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: [[coma]], falls [[out]], Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, [[decay]] ([[with]] delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.: [[mensis]] senescens, [[drawing]] to an [[end]], [[closing]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so, [[hiems]], Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things: oratorum [[laus]] senescit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.: ut [[laus]] senescens, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7: senescere civitatem otio, Liv. 1, 22, 2: omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt, Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so, somnia, Sall. J. 35, 3: [[vires]], id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27: Hannibalis vis, id. 25, 16: [[bellum]], id. 28, 36; 30, 19: [[pugna]], id. 5, 21: [[fama]], id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf. rumores, id. A. 2, 77: consilia, Liv. 35, 12: vitia (opp. maturescente virtute), id. 3, 12: [[invidia]], id. 29, 22: [[fortuna]] (opp. florere), Vell. 2, 11, 3: [[amor]], Ov. A. A. 3, 594. | |lshtext=<b>sĕnesco</b>: nŭi, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> gerundive: senescendi homines, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. [[inch]]. n. [[seneo]], to [[grow]] old, [[become]] [[aged]]; to [[grow]] [[hoary]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): ita [[sensim]] [[aetas]] senescit, Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.: tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis, Ov. F. 6, 771: senescente jam Graeciā, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58: [[solve]] senescentem [[mature]] equum, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8: arbores senescunt, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: [[Solon]] significat se [[cottidie]] aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.: [[avus]] (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit, Suet. Aug. 2: ego senui et progressioris aetatis [[sum]], Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum [[spatium]] senescendorum hominum id ([[seclum]]) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> For the [[usual]] consenescere, to [[grow]] old or [[gray]] in an [[occupation]], etc., i. e. to [[linger]] [[too]] [[long]] [[over]] it: inani [[circa]] voces [[studio]] senescunt, Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Causa pro effectu.) To [[decay]] or [[diminish]] in [[strength]]; to [[grow]] [[weak]], [[feeble]], or [[powerless]]; to [[waste]] [[away]], [[fall]] [[off]], [[wane]], [[decline]], etc. (the prevailing signif. of the [[word]] in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; cf. [[consenesco]]; [[while]] [[inveterasco]] is to [[grow]] [[better]] by [[age]]).<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[living]] subjects (a favorite [[expression]] of Livy; perh. not in Cic., [[but]] cf. [[consenesco]], II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus, Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf. of the [[same]], id. 22, 39: otio senescere, id. 25, 7: non esse cum aegro senescendum, id. 21, 53: dis hominibusque accusandis senescere, to [[pine]] [[away]], id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.: amore senescit habendi, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85: socordiā, Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7: ne (agni) desiderio senescant, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.— Of doves, Col. 8, 8, 4: [[quod]] antiquatur et senescit [[prope]] interitum est, Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of things: quaedam faciunda in agris [[potius]] crescente lunā [[quam]] senescente, in the waning of the [[moon]], Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so, [[luna]] (opp. crescens), Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā [[simul]] senescentes, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: [[nunc]] pleno orbe, [[nunc]] senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo [[cornu]] fulgere lunam, Liv. 44, 37: continuā messe senescit [[ager]], becomes exhausted, [[worn]] [[out]], Ov. A. A. 3, 82: prata, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. [[grow]] [[pale]] or [[dim]], id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf. smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 70: [[caseus]] in salem, grows [[salt]] [[with]] [[age]], id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: [[coma]], falls [[out]], Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, [[decay]] ([[with]] delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.: [[mensis]] senescens, [[drawing]] to an [[end]], [[closing]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so, [[hiems]], Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things: oratorum [[laus]] senescit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.: ut [[laus]] senescens, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7: senescere civitatem otio, Liv. 1, 22, 2: omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt, Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so, somnia, Sall. J. 35, 3: [[vires]], id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27: Hannibalis vis, id. 25, 16: [[bellum]], id. 28, 36; 30, 19: [[pugna]], id. 5, 21: [[fama]], id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf. rumores, id. A. 2, 77: consilia, Liv. 35, 12: vitia (opp. maturescente virtute), id. 3, 12: [[invidia]], id. 29, 22: [[fortuna]] (opp. florere), Vell. 2, 11, 3: [[amor]], Ov. A. A. 3, 594. | ||
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|georg=senēsco, senuī, ere ([[seneo]]), I) den Jahren [[nach]] [[alt]] [[werden]], [[ein]] [[Greis]] ([[ein]] [[alter]] [[Mann]]) [[werden]], a) v. Pers.: tacitis senescimus annis, [[unbemerkt]] beschleicht [[uns]] das [[Alter]], Ov.: [[Solon]] significat se [[cotidie]] [[aliquid]] addiscentem senescere, Val. Max.: senescendum [[fore]] [[tantum]] terrarum [[vel]] [[sine]] [[proelio]] obeunti, Curt.: puerascere, iuvenescere, senescere, Augustin. in psalm. 38, 10: [[seclum]] [[dictum]] a [[sene]], [[quod]] longissimum [[spatium]] senescendorum hominum id putarant, [[Varro]] LL. 6, 11. – b) v. Lebl.: arbores [[quo]] [[magis]] senescunt, [[hoc]] maturius ferunt, Plin. 16, 116. – II) den Kräften [[nach]] [[altern]], 1) eig.: a) v. leb. [[Wesen]], [[alt]] und [[stumpf]]-, [[alt]] und [[grau]] [[werden]], [[verkommen]] und [[verkümmern]], senescens [[equus]], Hor.: ne desiderio agni senescant, [[Varro]]: v. Pers., otio [[tam]] [[diutino]], Liv.: amore habendi, Hor.: quodam inani [[circa]] voces studio, Quint.: u. [[dis]] hominibusque accusandis, Liv. – b) v. Lebl., [[altern]], [[alt]] und [[stumpf]] [[werden]], [[allmählich]] [[schwinden]] od. [[eingehen]], [[arbor]] hiemali tempore cum [[luna]] [[simul]] senescens, Cic.: continuā messe senescit [[ager]], Ov.: senescunt [[vires]], Sall. fr. u. Liv.: [[sensim]] [[sine]] sensu senescit [[aetas]], Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) übh. an [[Umfang]], [[Kraft]] u. [[Stärke]] [[allmählich]] [[abnehmen]], [[hinschwinden]], [[hinwelken]], [[erschlaffen]], [[erlahmen]], [[erkalten]], [[allmählich]] [[erlöschen]] (Ggstz. crescere), v. lebl. Subjj., [[prior]] [[mensis]] senescens, [[Varro]] LL.: [[luna]] senescens (Ggstz. [[luna]] crescens), Cic. u. Plin.: [[hiems]] senescens, Cic.: smaragdi, uniones senescunt, [[verlieren]] die [[Farbe]], [[erbleichen]], Plin.: [[caseus]] senescit in salem, geht [[über]], Plin.: senescit [[coma]], geht aus, Domit. [[bei]] Suet.: [[non]] [[modo]] ut [[incendium]] [[non]] adiutum senesceret, [[sed]] oppressum emori posset, Nazar. pan. – v. Abstrakten, senescit [[laus]], Cic.: [[morbus]], Cic.: [[bellum]], Liv.: senescens [[pugna]], Liv.: [[amor]], Ov.: [[fortuna]] (Ggstz. floret [[fortuna]]), Vell.: senescentibus vitiis, Liv.: senescere dilatione belli [[vires]] suae videbantur, Liv. – b) der polit. [[Geltung]] [[nach]] in [[Verfall]] [[geraten]], [[immer]] [[mehr]] [[Boden]] [[verlieren]], an [[Geltung]] ([[Einfluß]]) [[mehr]] und [[mehr]] [[verlieren]], [[nicht]] [[aufkommen]] [[können]], [[prope]] senescente Graeciā, Cic.: senescit [[civitas]] otio, Liv.: senescit Hannibalis [[vis]], Liv.: senescit cum viribus [[maiestas]], Liv.: Atheniensium [[male]] gestis in [[Sicilia]] rebus [[opes]] senescere, Nep. | |georg=senēsco, senuī, ere ([[seneo]]), I) den Jahren [[nach]] [[alt]] [[werden]], [[ein]] [[Greis]] ([[ein]] [[alter]] [[Mann]]) [[werden]], a) v. Pers.: tacitis senescimus annis, [[unbemerkt]] beschleicht [[uns]] das [[Alter]], Ov.: [[Solon]] significat se [[cotidie]] [[aliquid]] addiscentem senescere, Val. Max.: senescendum [[fore]] [[tantum]] terrarum [[vel]] [[sine]] [[proelio]] obeunti, Curt.: puerascere, iuvenescere, senescere, Augustin. in psalm. 38, 10: [[seclum]] [[dictum]] a [[sene]], [[quod]] longissimum [[spatium]] senescendorum hominum id putarant, [[Varro]] LL. 6, 11. – b) v. Lebl.: arbores [[quo]] [[magis]] senescunt, [[hoc]] maturius ferunt, Plin. 16, 116. – II) den Kräften [[nach]] [[altern]], 1) eig.: a) v. leb. [[Wesen]], [[alt]] und [[stumpf]]-, [[alt]] und [[grau]] [[werden]], [[verkommen]] und [[verkümmern]], senescens [[equus]], Hor.: ne desiderio agni senescant, [[Varro]]: v. Pers., otio [[tam]] [[diutino]], Liv.: amore habendi, Hor.: quodam inani [[circa]] voces studio, Quint.: u. [[dis]] hominibusque accusandis, Liv. – b) v. Lebl., [[altern]], [[alt]] und [[stumpf]] [[werden]], [[allmählich]] [[schwinden]] od. [[eingehen]], [[arbor]] hiemali tempore cum [[luna]] [[simul]] senescens, Cic.: continuā messe senescit [[ager]], Ov.: senescunt [[vires]], Sall. fr. u. Liv.: [[sensim]] [[sine]] sensu senescit [[aetas]], Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) übh. an [[Umfang]], [[Kraft]] u. [[Stärke]] [[allmählich]] [[abnehmen]], [[hinschwinden]], [[hinwelken]], [[erschlaffen]], [[erlahmen]], [[erkalten]], [[allmählich]] [[erlöschen]] (Ggstz. crescere), v. lebl. Subjj., [[prior]] [[mensis]] senescens, [[Varro]] LL.: [[luna]] senescens (Ggstz. [[luna]] crescens), Cic. u. Plin.: [[hiems]] senescens, Cic.: smaragdi, uniones senescunt, [[verlieren]] die [[Farbe]], [[erbleichen]], Plin.: [[caseus]] senescit in salem, geht [[über]], Plin.: senescit [[coma]], geht aus, Domit. [[bei]] Suet.: [[non]] [[modo]] ut [[incendium]] [[non]] adiutum senesceret, [[sed]] oppressum emori posset, Nazar. pan. – v. Abstrakten, senescit [[laus]], Cic.: [[morbus]], Cic.: [[bellum]], Liv.: senescens [[pugna]], Liv.: [[amor]], Ov.: [[fortuna]] (Ggstz. floret [[fortuna]]), Vell.: senescentibus vitiis, Liv.: senescere dilatione belli [[vires]] suae videbantur, Liv. – b) der polit. [[Geltung]] [[nach]] in [[Verfall]] [[geraten]], [[immer]] [[mehr]] [[Boden]] [[verlieren]], an [[Geltung]] ([[Einfluß]]) [[mehr]] und [[mehr]] [[verlieren]], [[nicht]] [[aufkommen]] [[können]], [[prope]] senescente Graeciā, Cic.: senescit [[civitas]] otio, Liv.: senescit Hannibalis [[vis]], Liv.: senescit cum viribus [[maiestas]], Liv.: Atheniensium [[male]] gestis in [[Sicilia]] rebus [[opes]] senescere, Nep. | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, 19 October 2022
Latin > English
senesco senescere, senui, - V :: grow old; grow weak, be in a decline; become exhausted
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĕnesco: nŭi, 3 (
I gerundive: senescendi homines, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. inch. n. seneo, to grow old, become aged; to grow hoary.
I Lit. (rare): ita sensim aetas senescit, Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.: tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis, Ov. F. 6, 771: senescente jam Graeciā, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58: solve senescentem mature equum, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8: arbores senescunt, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: Solon significat se cottidie aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.: avus (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit, Suet. Aug. 2: ego senui et progressioris aetatis sum, Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum id (seclum) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.—
II Transf.
A For the usual consenescere, to grow old or gray in an occupation, etc., i. e. to linger too long over it: inani circa voces studio senescunt, Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—
B (Causa pro effectu.) To decay or diminish in strength; to grow weak, feeble, or powerless; to waste away, fall off, wane, decline, etc. (the prevailing signif. of the word in prose and poetry; cf. consenesco; while inveterasco is to grow better by age).
1 Of living subjects (a favorite expression of Livy; perh. not in Cic., but cf. consenesco, II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus, Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf. of the same, id. 22, 39: otio senescere, id. 25, 7: non esse cum aegro senescendum, id. 21, 53: dis hominibusque accusandis senescere, to pine away, id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.: amore senescit habendi, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85: socordiā, Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7: ne (agni) desiderio senescant, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.— Of doves, Col. 8, 8, 4: quod antiquatur et senescit prope interitum est, Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—
2 Of things: quaedam faciunda in agris potius crescente lunā quam senescente, in the waning of the moon, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so, luna (opp. crescens), Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā simul senescentes, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: nunc pleno orbe, nunc senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo cornu fulgere lunam, Liv. 44, 37: continuā messe senescit ager, becomes exhausted, worn out, Ov. A. A. 3, 82: prata, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. grow pale or dim, id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf. smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 70: caseus in salem, grows salt with age, id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: coma, falls out, Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, decay (with delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.: mensis senescens, drawing to an end, closing, Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so, hiems, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things: oratorum laus senescit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.: ut laus senescens, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7: senescere civitatem otio, Liv. 1, 22, 2: omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt, Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so, somnia, Sall. J. 35, 3: vires, id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27: Hannibalis vis, id. 25, 16: bellum, id. 28, 36; 30, 19: pugna, id. 5, 21: fama, id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf. rumores, id. A. 2, 77: consilia, Liv. 35, 12: vitia (opp. maturescente virtute), id. 3, 12: invidia, id. 29, 22: fortuna (opp. florere), Vell. 2, 11, 3: amor, Ov. A. A. 3, 594.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sĕnēscō,¹⁰ sĕnŭī, ĕre, intr.,
1 vieillir [en parl. des pers. et des choses] : Cic. CM 38 ; Rep. 1, 58 ; Plin. 16, 116
2 [fig.] a) inani studio Quint. 8, pr. 18, blanchir sur un vain travail ; amore senescit habendi Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85, le désir d’amasser le fait blanchir, le mine ; b) s’affaiblir : famā Liv. 29, 3, 15, être sur le déclin de sa renommée || otio Liv. 25, 7, 11, languir dans l’inaction ; c) luna senescens Cic. Nat. 2, 95, la lune en décours, déclinant, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 33 ; oratorum laus senescit Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, la gloire de l’éloquence décline ; consilia senescunt Liv. 35, 12, 3, les projets languissent, s’éteignent, cf. Liv. 28, 36, 2 ; Sall. J. 2, 3 ; 35, 3. longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum Varro L. 6, 11, la plus longue durée de la vieillesse humaine, cf. Gaffiot, 1929b, p. 226, Rem. 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
senēsco, senuī, ere (seneo), I) den Jahren nach alt werden, ein Greis (ein alter Mann) werden, a) v. Pers.: tacitis senescimus annis, unbemerkt beschleicht uns das Alter, Ov.: Solon significat se cotidie aliquid addiscentem senescere, Val. Max.: senescendum fore tantum terrarum vel sine proelio obeunti, Curt.: puerascere, iuvenescere, senescere, Augustin. in psalm. 38, 10: seclum dictum a sene, quod longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum id putarant, Varro LL. 6, 11. – b) v. Lebl.: arbores quo magis senescunt, hoc maturius ferunt, Plin. 16, 116. – II) den Kräften nach altern, 1) eig.: a) v. leb. Wesen, alt und stumpf-, alt und grau werden, verkommen und verkümmern, senescens equus, Hor.: ne desiderio agni senescant, Varro: v. Pers., otio tam diutino, Liv.: amore habendi, Hor.: quodam inani circa voces studio, Quint.: u. dis hominibusque accusandis, Liv. – b) v. Lebl., altern, alt und stumpf werden, allmählich schwinden od. eingehen, arbor hiemali tempore cum luna simul senescens, Cic.: continuā messe senescit ager, Ov.: senescunt vires, Sall. fr. u. Liv.: sensim sine sensu senescit aetas, Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) übh. an Umfang, Kraft u. Stärke allmählich abnehmen, hinschwinden, hinwelken, erschlaffen, erlahmen, erkalten, allmählich erlöschen (Ggstz. crescere), v. lebl. Subjj., prior mensis senescens, Varro LL.: luna senescens (Ggstz. luna crescens), Cic. u. Plin.: hiems senescens, Cic.: smaragdi, uniones senescunt, verlieren die Farbe, erbleichen, Plin.: caseus senescit in salem, geht über, Plin.: senescit coma, geht aus, Domit. bei Suet.: non modo ut incendium non adiutum senesceret, sed oppressum emori posset, Nazar. pan. – v. Abstrakten, senescit laus, Cic.: morbus, Cic.: bellum, Liv.: senescens pugna, Liv.: amor, Ov.: fortuna (Ggstz. floret fortuna), Vell.: senescentibus vitiis, Liv.: senescere dilatione belli vires suae videbantur, Liv. – b) der polit. Geltung nach in Verfall geraten, immer mehr Boden verlieren, an Geltung (Einfluß) mehr und mehr verlieren, nicht aufkommen können, prope senescente Graeciā, Cic.: senescit civitas otio, Liv.: senescit Hannibalis vis, Liv.: senescit cum viribus maiestas, Liv.: Atheniensium male gestis in Sicilia rebus opes senescere, Nep.
