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LNS

vescus, vesca, vescum

contr. from veesca, veesca . Small

adjective (2-1-2)

Small, little, thin, weak, feeble
Poor, wretched
corroding, eating away

Abbreviations

vescus, a, um, adj. contr. from veesca. Small, little, thin, weak, feeble: farra (opp. vegrandia), Ov. F. 3, 445: papaver, Verg. G. 4, 131: frondes, id. ib. 3, 175 Serv.: corpus, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81: vires, Afran. ap. Non. p. 187, 3.

— Poor, wretched: fastidiosum ac vescum vivere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 32.

— Act., corroding, eating away: sal, Lucr. 1, 326 Munro ad loc.