I.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.—
II. Trop., to be mean, vile, Amm. 15, 13, 2.