waste (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 32. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 33. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to destroy, spoil)4. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to squander, lose)5. dissĭpo, 1 (to w. by scattering)6. prŏfundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to w. by pouring out)7. vasto, 1 (to lay w.)II. Intrans.1. tabesco, bui, 32. contābesco (of gradual w.ing)3. consūmor, confĭcĭor • waste (v.): I. Trans.: 1. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3: to lavish and w. in luxury, per luxuriam effundere atque consumere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: w.d by fire, incendio consumptus, Liv. 25, 7: w.d by grief, moerore c., Liv. 40, 54. 2. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: fires would w. the woods, ignes conficerent silvas, Lucr. 1, 905: w.d by age, confectus senectute, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21. 3. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to destroy, spoil): to w. by fire, incendio c., Caes. B. G. 7, 55: to w. opportunities, c. opportunitates, Sall. C. 43. 4. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to squander, lose): let him use up., w., consumat, perdat, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56: to w. time, p. tempus, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146: to w. pains, p. operam, id. Mur. 10, 23. 5. dissĭpo, 1 (to w. by scattering): to w. property, d. rem familiarem, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 5. 6. prŏfundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to w. by pouring out): they have w.d their patrimonies, patrimonia profuderunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10. 7. vasto, 1 (to lay w.): v. phrases under waste (adj.). II. Intrans.: to waste away: 1. tabesco, bui, 3: moisture w.s through heat, humor tabescit calore, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26: to w. away with grief, t. luctu, Lucr. 3, 924. 2. contābesco (of gradual w.ing): Artemisia w.d away worn out by grief, Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75. 3. consūmor, confĭcĭor: v. supr.