flaccesco
κῆπος κεκλεισμένος, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη, κῆπος κεκλεισμένος, πηγὴ ἐσφραγισμένη (Song of Solomon 4:12) → A garden locked is my sister bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed (LXX) | A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed (KJV)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flaccesco: (ante-class. also flaccisco), flaccŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to wilt, wither, dry up (cf. tabesco).
I Lit.: faeniculum cum legeris, sub tecto exponito, dum flaccescat, Col. 12, 7, 4: flaccescente fronde, Vitr. 2, 9, 2: stercus cum flaccuit, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. —
II Trop., to become faint or feeble, to droop, languish: flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, Pac. ap. Non. 488, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 77 ed. Rib.): flaccescebat oratio, * Cic. Brut. 24, 93: flaccescentes voluptates, Arn. 4, 142: ad numerum cymbalorum mollita indignatione flaccescunt, i. e. become mild, softened, id. 7, 237.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flaccēscō (-cīscō Pacuv. 77 ), ĕre, intr., devenir mou, se faner, se dessécher : Col. Rust. 12, 7, 4 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 9, 2
