ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι ἡ ποικιλείμων νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος → glad wilt thou be when night, arrayed in spangled garb, shuts out the light
grăcĭlesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. gracilis, to become slender, small (post-class.): obeliscus gracilescens, Amm. 17, 4: pyramidum magnitudo gracilescit paulatim, id. 22, 15.