phthisisco

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

phthĭsisco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [phthisis],

to become consumptive or phthisical : phthisiscentibus medicabilis piscina, Sid. Ep. 5, 14. († phthitărus , i, m., a false read. for phthir (q. v.), Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 150.)