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vesco, ĕre, v. a. [vescor], to feed with any thing: quis nos vescet carne, Tert. Jejun. 5.
Pass., Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 27: vescendi pupilli causā, Dig. 42, 5, 33.
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.