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vescus , a, um, adj. contr. from veesca.
I. Small, little, thin, weak, feeble: “farra (opp. vegrandia),Ov. F. 3, 445: “papaver,Verg. G. 4, 131: “frondes,id. ib. 3, 175 Serv.: “corpus,Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81: vires, Afran. ap. Non. p. 187, 3.—
II. Poor, wretched: fastidiosum ac vescum vivere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 32.—
III. Act., corroding, eating away: “sal,Lucr. 1, 326 Munro ad loc.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.131
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.326
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.81
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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