deliquesco
From LSJ
Λύπη παροῦσα πάντοτ' ἐστὶν ἡ γυνή → Mulier perenne pignus aegrimoniae est → Ein gegenwärtig Leid ist stets das Eheweib
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-lĭquesco: lĭcŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to melt away, dissolve, melt (very rare).
I Lit.: utinam tua ista in sortiendo sors delicuerit, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 47: ubi delicuit nondum prior (sc. nix), altera venit, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 15: Hyrie flendo delicuit, id. M. 7, 381; cf. id. ib. 4, 253.—
II Trop., to melt away, pine away; to vanish, disappear: qui nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec alacritate futtili gestiens deliquescat, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37; Lact. 7, 12.
