adjective

vescus

fem. vesca · neut. vescum

contr. from veesca.

Small; little; thin ••

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.—

wretched

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

corroding; eating away •

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

Perseus ID: n50685 Key: vescus