liquesco

Latin > English

liquesco liquescere, -, - V :: become liquid/fluid, melt, liquify; decompose, putrefy; grow soft/effeminate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lĭquesco: lĭcŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. liqueo, to become fluid or liquid, to melt.
I Lit.: tabes nivis liquescentis, Liv. 21, 36: haec ut cera liquescit, Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431: volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit, Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162: corpora foeda jacent ... dilapsa liquescunt, i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.—
   B Transf.
   1    To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—
   2    Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds: eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur, Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—
II Trop.
   A To grow soft, effeminate: qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —
   B To melt or waste away: fortuna liquescit, Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a person: minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere, Sen. Ep. 26.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lĭquēscō,¹² lĭcŭī, ĕre (liqueo), intr.,
1 devenir liquide, se liquéfier, fondre : Liv. 21, 36 ; Virg. B. 8, 80 ; Ov. M. 5, 431 || devenir clair, limpide : B. Alex. 5
2 [fig.] s’efféminer : Cic. Tusc. 2, 52 || fondre, disparaître, s’évanouir : Ov. Ib. 425 ; Sen. Ep. 26, 4.

Latin > German (Georges)

liquēsco, licuī, ere (Inchoat. v. liqueo), I) flüssig-, fließend werden, schmelzen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: liquescit nix, Liv., cera, Verg. – 2) insbes.: a) durch Fäulnis schmelzen, verwesen, corpora dilapsa liquescunt, Ov. met. 7, 550. – b) flüssig werden, v. Tone der Liquidä (L, M, N, R), Prob. de ult. syll. 221, 18 K. – B) übtr., schmelzen, d.i. 1) weichlich werden, voluptate, Cic. Tusc. 2, 52. – 2) gleichs. zu Wasser werden, sich verflüchtigen, vergehen, liquescit fortuna, Ov., mens, Ov.: incommodum summum est minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere, Sen. – II) prägn., hell-, klar werden, v. Wasser, Auct. b. Alex. 5, 1.