colliquesco

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νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

col-lĭquesco: (conl-), lĭqui, ĕre,
I v. inch. n., to become fluid, to liquefy, melt, dissolve (rare).
I Prop.: cum aurum colliquisset, Varr. ap. Non. p. 334, 27 sq.: cum aes colliquisset, id. ib. (but Neue, Formenl. 2, 486, would read collicuisset in both these passages): in pice colliquescere, Col. 12, 22, 2: igni, App. Mag. p. 306, 10.—
II Trop.: lacrimis, to melt into tears, Fronto, Nep. Am. 2.