wither Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. torreo, ui, tostum, 2 (to parch)2. ūro, ussi, ustum, 33. corrumpo, perdoII. Intrans.1. flaccesco, cui, 32. marceo, 23. marcesco, 34. languesco, gui, 3 (to droop, grow weak)5. viesco, 36. āresco, rui, 3 (to grow dry)7. exāresco • wither: I. Trans.: 1. torreo, ui, tostum, 2 (to parch): the dogstar w.s the fields with dry thirst, canis arenti torret arva siti, Tib. 1, 4, 42: to be w.'d by the sun's heat, solis ardore torreri, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21. 2. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3: Pontus w.'d by constant cold, ustus ab assiduo frigore Pontus, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8. 3. corrumpo, perdo: v. to spoil, to destroy. II. Intrans.: 1. flaccesco, cui, 3: expose the fennel, when you have gathered it, till it w., feniculum quum legeris exponito dum flaccescat, Col. 12, 7, 4. 2. marceo, 2: the chaplets were w.ing, marcebant coronae, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 244. 3. marcesco, 3: the beech and Turkey oak w. quickly, fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt, Plin. 16, 40, 77. 4. languesco, gui, 3 (to droop, grow weak): the vines w., vites languescunt, Plin. 18, 15, 27. 5. viesco, 3: a w.ing fig-tree, viescens ficus, Col. 12, 15, 1. 6. āresco, rui, 3 (to grow dry): the grass to w. and die, herbas arescere et interfici, Cic. Oecon. in Non. 450, 1. 7. exāresco: a whole wood w.'d up from its very roots, silva omnis exaruit radicibus, Suet. Galb. 1.