tardesco
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tardesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n., to become slow: tardescit lingua, grows sluggish, hesitates, stammers, Lucr. 3, 479; Tib. 1, 4, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tardēscō,¹⁶ dŭī, ĕre (tardus), intr., devenir lent, s’engourdir : Lucr. 3, 477 ; Tib. 1, 4, 27.
Latin > German (Georges)
tardēsco, ui, ere (Inchoat. v. tardeo), langsam (schwer) werden, tardescit lingua, Lucr. 3, 477: at si tardueris, wenn du langsam bist, Tibull. 1, 4, 27 H. (Dissen u. Bährens at si tardus eris).
Latin > English
tardesco tardescere, -, - V :: become slow
