marcor

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

marcor, ōris, m. [marceo], a withering: segetum, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 4.—Hence, Transf.

I Decay, rottenness (not anteAug.): panni marcor, a rotten rag , Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 94.—

II Faintness, languor, indolence : marcor, et inexpugnabilis dormiendi necessitas, Cels. 3, 20: cernitis expositas turpi marcore cohortes, i. e. somno, Stat. Th. 10, 269: maeror marcorque, melancholy , Sen. Tranq. 2, 8: ducis, indolence, worthlessness , Vell. 2, 119, 2.

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