marceo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to decay”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ke.oː/, [ˈmärkeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈmärt͡ʃeo]
Verb
marceō (present infinitive marcēre, perfect active marcuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I wither, droop, shrink, shrivel.
- Seneca, De Providentia
- Marcet sine adversario virtus.
- Valour without an adversary withers.
- Marcet sine adversario virtus.
- Seneca, De Providentia
- I am faint, weak, lazy or languid.
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References
- “marceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- marceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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