contabesco

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