adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vēscus
vēscus (feminine vēsca, neuter vēscum)
Classical[ˈweːs.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛs.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivelean
intereā pūbī indomitae nōn grāmina tantum nec vēscās salicum frondēs ulvamque palūstrem,
c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.175Corpore vēscō, sed eximiīs vīribus Tritānum, in gladiātōriō lūdō Samnītium armātūra celebrem, fīliumque eius mīlitem Magnī Pompeī et rēctōs et trāversōs cancellātim tōtō corpore habuisse nervōs, in brachiīs etiam manibusque, auctor est Varrō prōdigiosa vīrium relatione, atque etiam hostem ab eō ex prōvocātione dīmicante inermī dexterā superātum et postrēmō correptum ūnō digitō in castra trālātum.
23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis historia 7.81 - adjectivecorrosive, voracious
nec porrō quaecumque aevō maciēque senescunt, nec, mare quae impendent, vēscō sale saxa perēsa
c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.325 - adjectivepicky with food
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēscus | vēsca | vēscum |
| genitive | vēscī | vēscae | vēscī |
| dative | vēscō | vēscae | vēscō |
| accusative | vēscum | vēscam | vēscum |
| ablative | vēscō | vēscā | vēscō |
| vocative | vēsce | vēsca | vēscum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēscī | vēscae | vēsca |
| genitive | vēscōrum | vēscārum | vēscōrum |
| dative | vēscīs | vēscīs | vēscīs |
| accusative | vēscōs | vēscās | vēsca |
| ablative | vēscīs | vēscīs | vēscīs |
| vocative | vēscī | vēscae | vēsca |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vēscus adj.,
small, slender, feeble, wavering: farra, O.: papaver, V.
Origins
Back-formation from vēscor.
Italo-Romance
- Italianbesso
- Italianbescio
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianveșted
- Aromanianveashtid
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesebiscato
- Asturianviescafrom Old Leonese vesca
- Leoneseviescafrom Old Leonese vesca
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmontesevess
- Piedmontesevessa