colliquesco
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
collĭquēscō, līquī, ĕre (cum, liquesco), intr., se fondre, se liquéfier : Varr. d. Non. 334, 27 ; caro in humorem crassum colliquescit Apul. Apol. 50, 1, la chair se résout en une humeur épaisse || [fig.] fondre en larmes : Fronto Nep. am. 2, p. 232, 17.
