verb intransitive

ĭn-ăcesco

2nd PP ĭn-ăcescere · conj. 3rd

to become sour in; to turn sour

v. inch. n., to become sour in any thing, to turn sour (perh. not ante-Aug.).

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Lit.: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 36, § 135: quibus frequenter inacescit cibus, Scrib. Comp. 104. —

let them sour; imbitter you figuratively •

Trop.: haec tibi per totos inacescant omnia sensus, let them sour. i. e. imbitter you, Ov. R. A. 307; cf.: si tibi inacuit nostra contumelia, App. M. 5, p. 163, 23.

Perseus ID: n22125 Key: inacesco