liquēscō -, -, ere, inch. liqueo, to become fluid, melt, liquefy: tabes nivis liquescentis, L.: haec ut cera liquescit, V., O.: Corpora dilapsa liquescunt, i. e. putrefy, O.

—To grow soft, become effeminate: voluptate.

—To melt, waste away: fortuna liquescit, O.