obsordesco

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

ob-sordesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become dirty, be soiled (ante- and post-class.).

I Lit.: ne coma fumo obsordescat, Prud. Apoth. 214.—

II Trop., to wear out, decrease : obsorduit jam haec in me aerumna, i. e. is moderated , Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 86 Rib.).