nidan verb (lower class) with 'yu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
Archaic intransitive verb, equivalent to modern 消える. Found in classical texts and poetry. The conjugation follows the Nidan lower class pattern with 'yu' ending.
See also: 消える
古典では「消ゆ」が「消える」の意味で使われた。
In classical literature, 消ゆ was used to mean 'to disappear'.
「露の命は消ゆるもの」という古い歌がある。
There is an old poem that says, 'Life is like dew that vanishes.'
Modern standard equivalent. 消ゆ is the archaic form; use 消える in contemporary Japanese.
Classical Japanese verb; the modern form 消える developed from it. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it belongs to the same root as 消す (transitive).