syntexis

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

syntēxis, is, f., = σύντηξις (a melting away of strength),

a decline , consumption , Plin. 22, 25, 61, § 120; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 90; Theod. Prisc. 2, 1.