fatisco

fatīscō —, —, ere

* fatis; 2 FA-, to open in chinks, fall apart, tumble to pieces : (naves) rimis fatiscunt, V.: Area ne pulvere victa fatiscat, V.: ianua, opens , Tb.—Fig., to grow weak, become exhausted, droop, faint : donec fatisceret seditio, Ta.: copiā (scriptores), Ta.