A.melting, of snow, D.S.1.39.
II. wasting away, consumption, Od.11.201; “τοῦ σκήνεος” Aret.SD1.14; νούσων τακεδόνες (Dor. form) Supp.Epigr.2.615 (Teos, metr.); “νόσῳ τηκεδόνι χρώμενος” App.BC1.107.
2. a means for reducing one's weight, Hp.Mul.2.180.