verb intransitive

col-lĭquesco

2nd PP col-lĭquescĕre · 3rd PP collĭqui

to become fluid; to liquefy; melt

v. inch. n., to become fluid, to liquefy, melt, dissolve (rare).

Prop.: cum aurum colliquisset, Varr. ap. Non. p. 334, 27 sq.: cum aes… •

Prop.: cum aurum colliquisset, Varr. ap. Non. p. 334, 27 sq.: cum aes colliquisset, id. ib. (but Neue, Formenl. 2, 486, would read collicuisset in both these passages): in pice colliquescere, Col. 12, 22, 2: igni, App. Mag. p. 306, 10.—

to melt into tears figuratively

Trop.: lacrimis, to melt into tears, Fronto, Nep. Am. 2.

Perseus ID: n9085 Key: colliquesco