tardesco

Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tardesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n., to become slow: tardescit lingua, grows sluggish, hesitates, stammers, Lucr. 3, 479; Tib. 1, 4, 27.