vescus
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vescus: a, um, adj. contr. from veesca.
I Small, little, thin, weak, feeble: farra (opp. vegrandia), Ov. F. 3, 445: papaver, Verg. G. 4, 131: frondes, id. ib. 3, 175 Serv.: corpus, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81: vires, Afran. ap. Non. p. 187, 3.—
II Poor, wretched: fastidiosum ac vescum vivere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 32.—
III Act., corroding, eating away: sal, Lucr. 1, 326 Munro ad loc.
