wane (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dēcresco, ēvi, tum, 32. sĕnesco, nui, 33. tābesco, bui, 34. mĭnuor, tum, 3 • wane (v.): 1. dēcresco, ēvi, tum, 3: oysters wax and w. with the moon, ostreae cum luna pariter crescunt pariterque decrescunt, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: the w.ing day, decrescens dies, Plin. 2, 59, 60. 2. sĕnesco, nui, 3: when the moon is w.ing, senescente luna, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1: to w. in repute and strength, senescere fama et viribus, Liv. 27, 3. 3. tābesco, bui, 3: the days may wax long and the nights w., crescere licet dies et tabescere noctes, Lucr. 5, 680. 4. mĭnuor, tum, 3: the lights w., luces minuuntur, Lucr. 5, 681.
WANE Copy link • WANE 1. s. deminutio luminis: (luna) senescens or decrescens (Cic.): (lunae) decrescentia (Vitr.). 2. v. decrescere (of the moon, Cic.): deminui (to diminish). Vid: also, DECLINE.