flaccesco
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
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 || [fig.] devenir languissant, perdre son énergie : flucti flacciscunt Pacuv. 77, les flots s’affaissent ; flaccescebat oratio Cic. Br. 93, le discours s’affaissait (devenait languissant).
Latin > German (Georges)
flaccēsco (flaccīsco), ere (Inch. v. flacceo), I) welk-, schlapp werden, dum flaccescat (feniculum), Col. 12, 7, 4: flaccescente fronde, Vitr. 2, 9, 2. – Varro r. r. 1, 13, 4 liest Keil (Observv. crit. in Cat. et Varro de r. r. libros p. 46) mit Scaliger quod enim confracuit. – II) ermatten, erschlaffen, interea loci flucti flacciscunt, Pacuv. tr. 77: flaccescebat oratio, Cic.: flaccescentes voluptates, Arnob.
Latin > English
flaccesco flaccescere, flaccui, - V INTRANS :: begin to flag, become flabby
