μαραίνεσθαι
From LSJ
αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχοίην (Sappho, fr. 33 L-P) → Oh gold-crowned Aphrodite, if only this winning lot could fall to me
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also μαραίνω): fade, waste away, be minished
Lexicon Thucydideum
marcescere, to wither, fade, 2.49.6.