tābēscō buī, -, ere, inch. tabeo, to dwindle, waste away, melt, decay: tabescit (umor) calore: Tabuerant cerae, O.

—Fig., of persons, to pine, languish, decline, waste: perspicio nobis in hac calamitate tabescendum esse: ecquem, Qui sic tabuerit, longo meministis in aevo? languished for love, O.: morbo tabescens: dolore ac miseriā, T.: otio, through inactivity: Tabuit ex illo, for love of him, O.: vacuo lecto, Pr.: Quod aliena capella gerat distentius uber, Tabescat, wastes with envy, H.

—Of things, to waste away, be wasted: pati regnum tabescere, S.