ē-marcesco, -marcui, 3,
v. inch. n. , to wither away (very rare).—Trop., to dwindle away , disappear : auctoritas, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121: refugium, Hier. Ies. 5, 17, 4: cor meum, fainted , Vulg. Isa. 21, 4 al.