verb intransitive

ob-sordesco

2nd PP ob-sordescere · 3rd PP ob-sordescdŭi · conj. 3rd

to become dirty, be soiled

v. inch. n., to become dirty, be soiled (ante- and post-class.).

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Lit.: ne coma fumo obsordescat, Prud. Apoth. 214.—

to wear out, decrease; is moderated figuratively

Trop., to wear out, decrease: obsorduit jam haec in me aerumna, i. e. is moderated, Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 86 Rib.).

Perseus ID: n31892 Key: obsordesco