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M / mā^cresco
verb intransitive

mā^cresco

2nd PP mā^crescere · 3rd PP mā^crŭi · conj. 3rd
to grow lean, meagre; grows thin at, pines away at •
v. inch. n. [1. macer], to grow lean, meagre: algor eas et famis macrescere cogit, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; 3, 5, 3: macrescit pecus, Col. 6, 3, 1: macrescunt animalia, Veg. Vet. 1, 7, 2: invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis, grows thin at, pines away at, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: curionem agnum Plautus pro macro dixit, quasi cura macruisset, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. curionem, p. 60 Müll.
Perseus ID: n27492 Key: macresco