gracilesco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

grăcĭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [gracilis],

to become slender , small (post-class.): obeliscus gracilescens, Amm. 17, 4: pyramidum magnitudo gracilescit paulatim, id. 22, 15.