WITHER Copy link • WITHERv. Transitively. PROP., torrere: urere: adurere. Figuratively, corrumpere (to spoil): perdere (to destroy). Intransitively. PROP., flaccescere (Col.); languescere (Verg.): used by Cic. in a figuratively sense = to decay, deflorescere (of blossoms and flowers); viescere (to shrivel up, Col.). Figuratively, corrumpi: deflorescere: exarescere: interire (to perish).