obsŏlesco Copy link Outline I. v. inch. n. , to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete ...A. Lit., old, worn out, thrown offB. Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low ... ⓘobsŏlētē: adverbialobsŏlēte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, I. 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.
obsŏlētē Copy link • obsŏlētē (obsoletus), obsoletius vestitus Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 152, vêtu plus sordidement.
obsŏlēscō Copy link ⓘobsŏlētē: adverbialobsŏlēte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • obsŏlēscō, lēvī, ĕre, intr., tomber en désuétude, sortir de l'usage : Varro L. 9, 16 || [fig.] s'effacer [de la mémoire] : Cic. Ac. 1, 11 || s'affaiblir, perdre de sa force, de sa valeur : Cic. Pomp. 52 ; Agr. 1, 21 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 4, 5 || v. obsoletus.
obsolete Copy link OBSOLÊTE Adu. [ἀπηρχαιωμένως] Cic. Verr. 1, 152 c. 58 Saltem vt eum, cuius opera ipse multos annos est in sordibus, paullo tamen obsoletius vestitum videret.
OBSŎLESCO Copy link ⓘobsŏlētē: adverbialobsŏlēte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg OBSŎLESCO ↗Open in new tab (obsolesco)
obsolete Copy link Outline 1. obsŏlētus2. exsŏlētus (exoletus)3. pervĕtustus (antiquated)4. expr. by circuml. • obsolete: 1. obsŏlētus: o. words, verba obs., Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150. 2. exsŏlētus (exoletus): o. and out of the way words, ex. et reconditae voces, Suet. Aug. 86: an o. custom, ex. mos, id. Gal. 4. 3. pervĕtustus (antiquated): Cic. de Or. 3, 52, fin. (of words). 4. expr. by circuml.: o. words, verba prisca ac vetusta et ab usu quotidiani sermonis jamdiu intermissa, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 153. Phr.: o. laws, leges antiquae et mortuae, Cic. Verr. 5, 18, 45. To become o.: (1). obsŏlesco, ēvi, ētum, 3: Varr. L. L. 9, 10, 16. (2). exŏlesco, 3: to prevent the institution becoming o., ne disciplina exolesceret, Tac. A. 11, 15. (3). poet. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: Hor. A. P. 70.
OBSOLETE Copy link • OBSOLETEobsoletus (of dress, words): exoletus (of words): ab usu quotidiani sermonis jam diu intermissus (of words long gone out of common use): ab ultimis et jam oblitteratis temporibus repetitus (of words): to become obsolete, obsolescere; exolescere (☞ in desuetudinem venire, only in the Dig.).