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LNS

liquescō, liquescere, licuī, -

liqueo

verb (3^rd conjugation)

to become fluid or liquid, to melt
To become clear, limpid
l, m, n, r, to merge, coalesce, be confined with
To grow soft, effeminate
To melt or waste away

Abbreviations

liquesco, licui, 3, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become fluid or liquid, to melt. Lit.: tabes nivis liquescentis, Liv. 21, 36: haec ut cera liquescit, Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431: volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit, Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162: corpora foeda jacent ... dilapsa liquescunt, i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.

— Transf. To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.

— Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds: eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur, Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.

— Trop. To grow soft, effeminate: qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52.

— To melt or waste away: fortuna liquescit, Ov. Ib. 425.

—Of a person: minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere, Sen. Ep. 26.