I.v. inch. n., to waste away gradually, to be consumed, pine away (very rare).
I. Lit.: cor guttatim contabescit, * Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 92: Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75.—*
II. Trop.: “o perfidiosae Fregellae, quam facile scelere vestro contabuistis,” Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22.