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dē-lĭquesco , lĭcŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n., to melt away, dissolve, melt (very rare).
I. Lit.: “utinam tua ista in sortiendo sors delicuerit,” Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 47: “ubi delicuit nondum prior (sc. nix), altera venit,” Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 15: “Hyrie flendo delicuit,” id. M. 7, 381; cf. id. ib. 4, 253.—
II. Trop., to melt away, pine away; to vanish, disappear: qui nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec alacritate futtili gestiens deliquescat, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37; Lact. 7, 12.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.253
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.381
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.6
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.17
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.10
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