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Morphology Lemmata obsolesco (external link: obsolesco )Forms: obsolescat (data provider: perseus), obsolescent (data provider: perseus), obsolescerent (data provider: perseus), obsolesceret (data provider: perseus), obsolescit (data provider: perseus), obsolesco (data provider: perseus), obsoleta (data provider: perseus), obsoletae (data provider: perseus), obsolete (data provider: perseus), obsoleti (data provider: perseus), obsoletior (data provider: perseus), obsoletiore (data provider: perseus), obsoletis (data provider: perseus), obsoletius (data provider: perseus), obsoleto (data provider: perseus), obsoletoque (data provider: perseus), obsoletum (data provider: perseus), obsoletus (data provider: perseus), obsoleuisse (data provider: donatus-sup), obsoleuit (data provider: perseus), obsoleverunt (data provider: perseus), obsolevissent (data provider: perseus), obsolevit (data provider: perseus)obsoleto (external link: obsoleto )Forms: obsoleta (data provider: perseus), obsoletant (data provider: perseus), obsoletassent (data provider: perseus), obsoleto (data provider: perseus), obsoletoque (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary obsolesco obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete (class.; syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent , Varr. L. L. 9, 16 Müll.: haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo , Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11 : obsolevit jam oratio , id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52 : vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat , id. Agr. 1, 7, 21 : laus , Tac. A. 4, 26 : enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace , Plin. Pan. 4, 5 .—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.
A. Lit. , old, worn out, thrown off : erat veste obsoletā , Liv. 27, 34 : vestitus , Nep. Ages. 8, 2 : amiculum , Curt. 6, 9, 25 : vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus , in a worn-out dress , id. Pis. 36, 89 : tectum , old, ruinous , Hor. C. 2, 10, 6 : verba , obsolete , Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150 : obsoleta et vulgaria , id. Quint. 18, 56 .—
B. Transf. , common, ordinary, poor, mean, low : crimina , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, 177 : gaudia , Liv. 30, 42 .—Comp. : obsoletior oratio , a too ordinary, too negligent style , Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33 : honores , of little worth , Nep. Milt. 6, 2 : color , Col. 4, 30 : o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus , Hor. Epod. 17, 46 : dextra obsoleta sanguine , defiled , Sen. Agam. 977 .—Hence, adv. : obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly : paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, 152 . obsoleto obsŏlēto, āvi, 1, v. a. [obsoletus], to degrade, soil, sully, stain, defile (eccl. Lat.).
I. Lit. : qui vestitum obsoletāssent nuptialem , Tert. adv. Gnost. 6 .—
II. Trop. : majestatis vestigia obsoletant , Tert. Apol. 15 .
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