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tābĭdus , a, um, adj. tabeo,
I.melting or wasting away, dissolving, decaying, consuming, putrefying, pining away, languishing (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “nix,” Liv. 21, 36: “corruptum et tabidum corpus,” Suet. Tib. 51: “ferae,” id. Calig. 26: “juvenci,” Sen. Oedip. 147: “jecur,” id. ib. 358: “mens,” Ov. P. 1, 1, 67: “tabidus erro,” i. e. pining for love, Calp. Ecl. 3, 50.—
II. Transf., act., wasting, consuming, corrupting, infectious: “venenum,” Tac. A. 12, 66: “vetustas,” Ov. P. 4, 8, 49: “pestis,” Mart. 1, 79, 1: “lues,” Verg. A. 3, 137: “Hecate,” Luc. 6, 737: “victus,” i. e. starvation, Sen. Herc. Fur. 691. — Comp., sup., and adv. seem not to occur.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.137
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 26
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.66
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 51
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.737
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 36
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 691
    • Seneca, Oedipus, 147
    • Seneca, Oedipus, 358
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.1
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.8
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