obsolesco
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
Latin > English
obsolesco obsolescere, obsolevi, obsoletus V :: fall into disuse, be forgotten about
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obsŏlesco: lēvi, lētum, 3,
I v. inch. n. [obs-olesco, to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete (class.; syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent, Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.: haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11: obsolevit jam oratio, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat, id. Agr. 1, 7, 21: laus, Tac. A. 4, 26: enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace, Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.
A Lit., old, worn out, thrown off: erat veste obsoletā, Liv. 27, 34: vestitus, Nep. Ages. 8, 2: amiculum, Curt. 6, 9, 25: vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus, in a worn-out dress, id. Pis. 36, 89: tectum, old, ruinous, Hor. C. 2, 10, 6: verba, obsolete, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150: obsoleta et vulgaria, id. Quint. 18, 56.—
B Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low: crimina, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177: gaudia, Liv. 30, 42.—Comp.: obsoletior oratio, a too ordinary, too negligent style, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33: honores, of little worth, Nep. Milt. 6, 2: color, Col. 4, 30: o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus, Hor. Epod. 17, 46: dextra obsoleta sanguine, defiled, Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly: paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obsŏlēscō,¹² lēvī, ĕre, intr., tomber en désuétude, sortir de l’usage : Varro L. 9, 16 || [fig.] s’effacer [de la mémoire] : Cic. Ac. 1, 11 || s’affaiblir, perdre de sa force, de sa valeur : Cic. Pomp. 52 ; Agr. 1, 21 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 4, 5 || v. obsoletus.
Latin > German (Georges)
obsolēsco, lēvī, ere (obs u. oleo), nach und nach vergehen, sich abnutzen, unscheinbar werden, alt werden, abkommen, aus der Mode kommen, verkommen, verkümmern, an Ansehen-, an Wert verlieren, Varro LL. u.a.: antiquam officii rationem dilexit, cuius splendor omnibus his motibus obsolevit, Cic.: virtus splendet per se semper neque alienis umquam sordibus obsolescit, Cic.: cito gloria obsolescit in (gegenüber, vor) sordidis hostibus, Curt.: alia vetustate obsoleverunt, Liv.: obsolevit iam oratio, Cic.: vectigal, Cic.: laus, Tac.