cancĕrasco, āvi, 3, v. inch. n. [cancer, III.],
I to become cancerous , be afflicted with a cancer , to suppurate like a cancer (post-class.; only in perf. ), Plin. Val. 1, 10; App. Horb. 36; Marc. Emp. 9.
II —Hence, cancĕrātus , a, um, cancerous : vulnera, Plin. Val. 4, 32: ulcera, id. ib. 4, 51.