verb intransitive

sordesco

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

to become dirty; grow filthy •

v. inch. n. [sordeo], to become dirty, grow filthy (not ante-Aug., and very rare): contrectatus ubi manibus sordescere vulgi Coeperis (liber), * Hor. Ep 1, 20, 11: mel, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31: manus, id. 33, 3, 19, § 60: ager, i. e. to become wild, lie untilled, Gell. 4, 12, 1.—

to be mean; vile figuratively

Trop., to be mean, vile, Amm. 15, 13, 2.

Perseus ID: n44782 Key: sordesco