contabesco
From LSJ
καὶ νῦν ἀτεχνῶς ἐθέλω παρέχειν ὅ τι βούλει σοι, πλὴν κωλακρέτου γάλα πίνειν → and now I want to provide you with absolutely anything you want, except paymaster's milk to drink
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-tābesco: tābŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to waste away gradually, to be consumed, pine away (very rare).
I Lit.: cor guttatim contabescit, * Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 92: Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75.—*
II Trop.: o perfidiosae Fregellae, quam facile scelere vestro contabuistis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contābēscō, bŭī, bēscĕre, intr., se fondre entièrement : Pl. Merc. 205 || [fig.] se dessécher, se consumer, dépérir : Cic. Tusc. 3, 75.
