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  • 1 senēscō

        senēscō nuī, —, ere, inch.    [seneo], to grow old, become aged, grow hoary: aetas senescit: tacitis senescimus annis, O.: Solve senescentem mature equum, H.— To decay, lose strength, grow weak, be enfeebled, waste away, decline: famā et viribus, L.: non esse cum aegro senescendum, L.: dis hominibusque accusandis senescere, pine away, L.: amore habendi, H.— To waste, wane, decline, fall off, be diminished, be impaired: luna (opp. crescens), waning: arbores cum lunā senescentes: continuā messe senescit ager, is worn out, O.: hiemps senescens, closing: omnia orta occidunt et aucta sanescunt, S.: alcuius vis, L.: consilia, L.: amor, O.
    * * *
    senescere, senui, - V
    grow old; grow weak, be in a decline; become exhausted

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  • 2 senesco

    sĕnesco, nŭi, 3 ( gerundive:

    senescendi homines,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. inch. n. [seneo], to grow old, become aged; to grow hoary.
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    ita sensim aetas senescit,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:

    tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis,

    Ov. F. 6, 771:

    senescente jam Graeciā,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

    solve senescentem mature equum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:

    arbores senescunt,

    Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116: Solon significat se cottidie aliquid addiscentem senescere. Val. Max. 8, 7, 14.—In perf.:

    avus (Augusti) tranquillissime senuit,

    Suet. Aug. 2:

    ego senui et progressioris aetatis sum,

    Vulg. Josne, 23, 2.—In gerundive: longissimum spatium senescendorum hominum id (seclum) putarant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    For the usual consenescere, to grow old or gray in an occupation, etc., i. e. to linger too long over it:

    inani circa voces studio senescunt,

    Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—
    B.
    (Causa pro effectu.) To decay or diminish in strength; to grow weak, feeble, or powerless; to waste away, fall off, wane, decline, etc. (the prevailing signif. of the word in prose and poetry; cf. consenesco; while inveterasco is to grow better by age).
    1.
    Of living subjects (a favorite expression of Livy;

    perh. not in Cic., but cf. consenesco, II. 2.): Hannibalem jam et famā senescere et viribus,

    Liv. 29, 3 fin.; cf.

    of the same,

    id. 22, 39:

    otio senescere,

    id. 25, 7:

    non esse cum aegro senescendum,

    id. 21, 53:

    dis hominibusque accusandis senescere,

    to pine away, id. 5, 43 Drak.; cf.:

    amore senescit habendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85:

    socordiā,

    Tac. A. 1, 9; Val. Max. 8, 13, 7:

    ne (agni) desiderio senescant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17.—

    Of doves,

    Col. 8, 8, 4:

    quod antiquatur et senescit prope interitum est,

    Vulg. Heb. 8, 13.—
    2.
    Of things:

    quaedam faciunda in agris potius crescente lunā quam senescente,

    in the waning of the moon, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 1; so,

    luna (opp. crescens),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42:

    arbores hiemali tempore cum lunā simul senescentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

    nunc pleno orbe, nunc senescente (al. senescentem) exiguo cornu fulgere lunam,

    Liv. 44, 37:

    continuā messe senescit ager,

    becomes exhausted, worn out, Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

    prata,

    Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: uniones, i. e. grow pale or dim, id. 9, 35, 56, § 115; cf.

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 70:

    caseus in salem,

    grows salt with age, id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: coma, falls out, Domit. ap. Suet. Dom. 18 fin.: monumenta virūm, decay (with delapsa), Lucr. 5, 312 et saep.:

    mensis senescens,

    drawing to an end, closing, Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.; so,

    hiems,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—Of abstr. things:

    oratorum laus senescit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; cf.:

    ut laus senescens,

    id. de Or. 2, 2, 7:

    senescere civitatem otio,

    Liv. 1, 22, 2:

    omnia orta occidunt et aucta senescunt,

    Sall. J. 2, 3; cf. Fabri ad Sall. C. 20, 10; so,

    somnia,

    Sall. J. 35, 3:

    vires,

    id. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 235 Gerl.; Liv. 9, 27:

    Hannibalis vis,

    id. 25, 16:

    bellum,

    id. 28, 36; 30, 19:

    pugna,

    id. 5, 21:

    fama,

    id. 27, 20; Tac. H. 2, 24; cf.

    rumores,

    id. A. 2, 77:

    consilia,

    Liv. 35, 12:

    vitia (opp. maturescente virtute),

    id. 3, 12:

    invidia,

    id. 29, 22:

    fortuna (opp. florere),

    Vell. 2, 11, 3:

    amor,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 594.

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  • 3 fatīscō

        fatīscō —, —, ere    [* fatis; 2 FA-], to open in chinks, fall apart, tumble to pieces: (naves) rimis fatiscunt, V.: Area ne pulvere victa fatiscat, V.: ianua, opens, Tb.—Fig., to grow weak, become exhausted, droop, faint: donec fatisceret seditio, Ta.: copiā (scriptores), Ta.
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    fatiscere, -, - V
    gape, crack; crack open, part asunder; grow weak or exhausted, droop

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  • 4 languēscō

        languēscō guī, —, ere, inch.    [langueo], to become faint, grow weak, sink, be enfeebled: corpore languescit: luna languescit, is obscured, Ta.: cum flos Languescit moriens, droops, V.: Bacchus in amphorā Languescit, mellows, H.: Nec mea languescent corpora, languish, O.—Fig., to grow languid, become listless, sink, decline, decrease: consensus populi, si nos languescimus, debilitetur necesse est: crescunt ignisque dolorque, Languescunt iterum, O.
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    languescere, langui, - V
    become faint or languid or weak, wilt

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  • 5 inveterasco

    in-vĕtĕrasco, rāvi, 3, v. n. inch. (in the form inveteresco, Inscr. ap. Att. dell' Acad. Rom. Archeol. 2, p. 46, n. 17), to grow old, to become fixed or established, to continue long (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    equites, qui inveteraverant Alexah. driae bellis,

    id. ib. 3, 10:

    populi R. exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant,

    to settle, establish themselves, id. B. G. 2, 1:

    aes alienum inveterascit,

    Nep. Att. 2:

    res nostrae litterarum monumentis inveterascent et corroborabuntur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26.—In perf., Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.—Of wine, to ripen, age, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—
    II.
    Transf., to become fixed, inveterate:

    ut hanc inveterascere consuetudinem nolint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

    quae (macula) penitus insedit atque inveteravit in populi Romani nomine,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    inveteravit opinio perniciosa rei publicae,

    id. Verr. 41, 1:

    verbi significatio falsa,

    became fixed in use, Gell. 1, 22, 1:

    ulcus alendo,

    Lucr. 4, 1068:

    si malum inveteravit,

    Cels. 3, 13:

    intellego, in nostra civitate inveterasse, ut, etc.,

    it has grown into use, become a custom, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

    si inveterarit, actum est,

    id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—
    B.
    To grow old, decay, grow weak or feeble, become obsolete (post-Aug.):

    inveterascet hoc quoque,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    inter amicos,

    Vulg. Psa. 6, 18:

    ossa mea,

    id. ib. 31, 3:

    vestimenta,

    id. 2 Esdr. 9, 21.

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  • 6 conflaccesco

    conflaccescere, -, - V INTRANS
    grow weak; grow quite languid (L+S)

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  • 7 dēficiō

        dēficiō fēcī, fectus, ere （ fut perf. defexit, old form. in L.—Pass., usu. deficior; dēfit, T., Enn. ap. C., V.; dēfierī, T.; dēfīet, L.)    [de + facio].— Intrans, to withdraw, revolt, desert, fall off: civitates quae defecerant, Cs.: milites ne deficerent, S.: ab Aeduis, Cs.: a re p.: a patribus ad plebem, to go over, L.: ad Poenos, desert, L. — Of things, to be wanting, be absent, fail, cease, disappear, be lost, run out: non frumentum deficere poterat, Cs.: ex arboribus frons, Cs.: ne (mihi) vox viresque deficerent: non deficiente crumenā, H.: ne Deficeret navis, be overwhelmed, V.: quod plena luna defecisset, was eclipsed: ignem Deficere videbat, dying out, V.: quā deficit ignis, ceases to destroy, V.: Deficit ars, is exhausted, O.: nil apud me tibi defieri patiar, T.: Lac mihi non aestate novum defit, V.: nunquamne causa defiet, cur, etc.? L. — Of persons, to fail, sink, faint, be insufficient, be missing: quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant, had been lost, Cs.: siquid deficias, i. e. need aid, T.: deficientibus animis, L.: O dubiis ne defice rebus, fail (me) in perplexity, V.— To fail, be bankrupt: Matho deficit, Iu.: te memorare, cease, Tb.—Fig., to withdraw, depart, forsake, be parted, abandon, desert: a virtute: si utilitas ab amicitiā defecerit.— To fail, be wanting, fall short: animo, be disheartened, Cs.: ne unā plagā acceptā patres deficerent: in limine primo, V.: illis legibus populus R. prior non deficiet, si prior defexit, etc., prove false, violate, L. (old form.): neque comminus pugnando deficiebant, Cs.— Trans, to leave, desert, fail, abandon (of things): cum vires nostros deficerent, Cs.: me Leontina civitas: me vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.: cum deficit orbom (Sol), is eclipsed, O.: sol defectus lumine, Tb.: si quem proles defecerit omnis, i. e. perish, V.: cum aquilifer a viribus deficeretur, Cs.: mulier ratione deficitur: animo defici, Cu.: defecta vigore cervix, O.: nec me deficiet rogitare, etc., nor will I fail, Pr.
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    I
    deficere, defeci, defectus V INTRANS
    fail/falter; run short/out; grow weak/faint; come to end; revolt/rebel, defect; pass away; become extinct, die/fade out; subside/sink; suffer eclipse, wane
    II
    deficere, defeci, defectus V TRANS
    fail, disappoint, let down; leave without a sufficiency; cease to be available; (PASS) be left without/wanting, lack; have shortcomings; L:come to nothing

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  • 8 fatiscor

    fatisci, - V DEP
    gape, crack; crack open, part asunder; grow weak or exhausted, droop

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  • 9 fatisco

    fătisco, ĕre, v. n. (ante-class. in the dep. form fătiscor, ci; v. the foll.) [cf. Gr. chatis, chatizô; Lat. fatigo, fessus, adfatim; for the f = ch, cf. Gr. chu, cheô, cheusô; Lat. fundo, fons], to open in chinks or clefts, to gape or crack open, to fall apart, tumble to pieces ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (naves) laxis laterum compagibus omnes Accipiunt inimicum imbrem rimisque fatiscunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 123:

    saxis solida aera fatiscunt,

    id. ib. 9, 809:

    area neu pulvere victa fatiscat,

    id. G. 1, 180:

    (pinguis tellus) haud umquam manibus jactata fatiscit,

    id. ib. 2, 249:

    viscera flammis (with torreri),

    Ov. M. 7, 554:

    heu canimus frustra, nec verbis victa fatiscit Janua,

    Tib. 1, 5, 67 (Müll. patescit):

    camelo ungues in longiore itinere sine calceatu fatiscunt,

    Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.—
    (β).
    In the dep. form:

    non delubra deum simulacraque fessa fatisci?

    Lucr. 5, 308.—
    II.
    Trop., to grow weak, become exhausted, to droop, faint, decrease (ante-class. in the dep. form):

    solum segetibus fatiscit,

    Col. 2, 13, 3:

    scrofa celerrime fatiscit, quae plures educat,

    id. 7, 9 fin.:

    ipse exercitusque per inopiam et labores fatiscebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 24: scriptores dum copia fatiscunt, id. ib. 6, 7:

    viri in segnitiem,

    Val. Fl. 3, 395:

    manibusque nesciis fatiscere,

    Tac. A. 16, 5:

    donec fatisceret seditio,

    id. H. 3, 10.— Poet., with inf.:

    exsatiata fatiscet Mater Achilleis hiemes affringere bustis,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 35.—
    (β).
    In the dep. form:

    aevo,

    Lucr. 3, 458: altera irā, altera vulneribus fatiscuntur, Varr. ap. Non. 479, 13; Pac. ib. 307, 12; Att. ib. 10 and 479, 10 and 14; Fronto, Princ. Hist. p. 318 ed. Mai.

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  • 10 fatiscor

    fătisco, ĕre, v. n. (ante-class. in the dep. form fătiscor, ci; v. the foll.) [cf. Gr. chatis, chatizô; Lat. fatigo, fessus, adfatim; for the f = ch, cf. Gr. chu, cheô, cheusô; Lat. fundo, fons], to open in chinks or clefts, to gape or crack open, to fall apart, tumble to pieces ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (naves) laxis laterum compagibus omnes Accipiunt inimicum imbrem rimisque fatiscunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 123:

    saxis solida aera fatiscunt,

    id. ib. 9, 809:

    area neu pulvere victa fatiscat,

    id. G. 1, 180:

    (pinguis tellus) haud umquam manibus jactata fatiscit,

    id. ib. 2, 249:

    viscera flammis (with torreri),

    Ov. M. 7, 554:

    heu canimus frustra, nec verbis victa fatiscit Janua,

    Tib. 1, 5, 67 (Müll. patescit):

    camelo ungues in longiore itinere sine calceatu fatiscunt,

    Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.—
    (β).
    In the dep. form:

    non delubra deum simulacraque fessa fatisci?

    Lucr. 5, 308.—
    II.
    Trop., to grow weak, become exhausted, to droop, faint, decrease (ante-class. in the dep. form):

    solum segetibus fatiscit,

    Col. 2, 13, 3:

    scrofa celerrime fatiscit, quae plures educat,

    id. 7, 9 fin.:

    ipse exercitusque per inopiam et labores fatiscebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 24: scriptores dum copia fatiscunt, id. ib. 6, 7:

    viri in segnitiem,

    Val. Fl. 3, 395:

    manibusque nesciis fatiscere,

    Tac. A. 16, 5:

    donec fatisceret seditio,

    id. H. 3, 10.— Poet., with inf.:

    exsatiata fatiscet Mater Achilleis hiemes affringere bustis,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 35.—
    (β).
    In the dep. form:

    aevo,

    Lucr. 3, 458: altera irā, altera vulneribus fatiscuntur, Varr. ap. Non. 479, 13; Pac. ib. 307, 12; Att. ib. 10 and 479, 10 and 14; Fronto, Princ. Hist. p. 318 ed. Mai.

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  • 11 consenesco

    con-sĕnesco, nŭi, 3, v. inch., to grow old together, to grow or become old or gray (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (Baucis et Philemon) illā consenuere casā,

    Ov. M. 8, 634: socerorum in armis, * Hor. C. 3, 5, 8; cf.:

    in patriā meā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 12:

    alieno in agro (exercitus),

    Liv. 9, 19, 6:

    in exilio,

    id. 35, 34, 7:

    in ultimo terrarum orbis angulo,

    Vell. 2, 102, 3:

    circa Casilinum Cumasque,

    Liv. 30, 20, 9:

    Smyrnae,

    Suet. Gram. 6.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    In Quint., to grow old or gray in an occupation, to follow it too long:

    in commentariis rhetorum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 67 in quā umbrā, id. 10, 5, 17; and:

    in unā ejus specie,

    id. 12, 11, 16.—
    B.
    In a more general sense (causa pro effectu), to become weak, infirm, powerless, to waste away, fall into disuse, decay, fade, lose force, etc.
    1.
    With living subjects:

    prae maerore atque aegritudine,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 63; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 25:

    in manibus alicujus et gremio maerore et lacrimis,

    Cic. Clu. 5, 13; Liv. 35, 34, 7:

    (columbae) si inclusae consenescunt,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 6; so id. ib. 3, 9, 14:

    veturno,

    Col. 7, 5, 3.—
    b.
    Trop., to lose consideration or respect: omnes illius partis auctores ac socios nullo adversario consenescere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 2.—
    2.
    With inanimate subjects: ova consenescunt, Varr R. R. 3, 9, 8; cf.:

    vinea soli vitio consenuit,

    Col. 4, 22, 8:

    veru in manibus,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 15; cf.:

    consenuit haec tabula carie,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91: haut ulla carina Consenuit, not one has grown old, i. e. all have perished, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 36: (nobis) viget aetas, animus valet; contra illis annis atque divitiis omnia consenuerunt, Sall. C. 20, 10 Kritz and Fabri:

    quamvis consenuerint vires atque defecerint,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 29;

    with vires,

    Liv. 6, 23, 7:

    animum quoque patris consenuisse in adfecto corpore,

    id. 9, 3, 8: noster amicus Magnus, cujus cognomen unā cum Crassi Divitis cognomine consenescit. Cic. Att. 2, 13, 2:

    veteres leges aut. ipsā suā vetustate consenuisse aut novis legibus esse sublatas,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 247;

    so of laws,

    Liv. 3, 31, 7:

    invidia,

    Cic. Clu. 2, 5:

    rabies et impetus,

    Flor. 3, 3, 5:

    oratio dimetiendis pedibus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 112.

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  • 12 palleo

    pallĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. palitas, gray; Gr. pellos, pelidnos, polios; cf. pullus], to be or look pale.
    I.
    Lit.:

    sudat, pallet,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84:

    pallent amisso sanguine venae,

    Ov. M. 2, 824:

    metu sceleris futuri,

    id. ib. 8, 465:

    timore,

    id. F. 2, 468:

    mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā,

    Tib. 3, 5, 25;

    morbo,

    Juv. 2, 50:

    fame,

    Mart. 3, 38, 12.— Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans;

    hic est color aptus amanti,

    must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.—Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To be or look sallow, or yellow:

    saxum quoque palluit auro,

    Ov. M. 11, 110:

    arca palleat nummis,

    Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid:

    Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis,

    Sil. 16, 561.—
    2.
    To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade:

    et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur,

    always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82:

    sidera pallent,

    Stat. Th. 12, 406:

    ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges,

    Ov. F. 1, 688:

    pallet nostris Aurora venenis,

    id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    multos pallere colores,

    to change color often, Prop. 1, 15, 39.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing:

    ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 78:

    nummo,

    Pers. 4, 47.—
    B.
    To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful. —With dat.:

    pueris,

    i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7:

    ad omnia fulgura,

    Juv. 13, 223:

    Marco sub judice palles?

    Pers. 5, 8.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    scatentem Belluis pontum,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 26:

    fraternos ictus,

    Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.—
    C.
    To grow pale by excessive application to a thing:

    iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles,

    read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124:

    nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere,

    Juv. 7, 96:

    vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est,

    of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.—Hence, pallens, entis, P. a., pale, wan ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit.:

    simulacra modis pallentia miris,

    Lucr. 1, 123:

    umbrae Erebi,

    Verg. A. 4, 26:

    animae,

    id. ib. 4, 242:

    regna,

    of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf.

    undae,

    i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21:

    persona,

    Juv. 3, 175:

    pallens morte futurā,

    Verg. A. 8, 709:

    pallentes terrore puellae,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 487. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored:

    pallentes violae,

    Verg. E. 2, 47:

    arva,

    Ov. M. 11, 145:

    gemmā e viridi pallens,

    Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

    hedera,

    Verg. E. 3, 39:

    herbae,

    id. ib. 6, 54:

    lupini,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 69:

    faba,

    Mart. 5, 78, 10:

    sol jungere pallentes equos,

    Tib. 2, 5, 76:

    toga,

    Mart. 9, 58, 8.—
    b.
    Poet., that makes pale:

    morbi,

    Verg. A. 6, 275:

    philtra,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 105:

    curae,

    Mart. 11, 6, 6:

    oscula,

    Val. Fl. 4, 701.—
    B.
    Trop., pale, weak, bad:

    fama,

    pale, Tac. Or. 13 fin.:

    mores,

    bad, vicious, Pers. 5, 15.

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  • 13 marcēscō

        marcēscō —, —, ere, inch.    [marceo], to become weak, grow feeble, pine away, waste, languish: vino, O.: desidiā, L.: oti situ, L.
    * * *
    marcescere, marcui, - V INTRANS
    wither, shrivel up; fade/pine away; become weak/enfeebled/languid/apathetic

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  • 14 defecti

    dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

    deflunt,

    Gell. 20, 8, 5:

    defiat,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

    defiet,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    defieri,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)
    I.
    Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ab amicitia P. R.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

    ab Aeduis,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

    ab rege,

    Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

    (consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

    Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

    a republica,

    id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

    ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

    a patribus ad plebem,

    to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

    ad se,

    Sall. J. 61; cf.:

    ad Poenos,

    Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

    civitates quae defecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    si a virtute defeceris,

    forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

    ut a me ipse deficerem,

    id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,
    II.
    As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

    very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

    vires,

    id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

    me Leontina civitas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

    res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

    ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

    tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32:

    animus si te non deficit aequus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

    somnus sollicitas domus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—
    b.
    Pass.:

    cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

    mulier a menstruis defecta,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

    mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    aqua ciboque defecti,

    Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    sanguine defecti artus,

    Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

    si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

    i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

    te defecta nomina,

    ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —
    III.
    Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.
    A.
    Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).
    (α).
    With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

    lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

    Verg. E. 2, 22.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

    so opp. superesse,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

    ut defiat dies,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

    numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

    Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

    defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

    disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

    sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

    weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—
    B.
    Neuter.
    (α).
    With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

    cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

    so perh.: vires nostris,

    id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—
    (β).
    Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    non frumentum deficere poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

    fructus ex arboribus,

    id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

    ejus generis copia,

    id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

    tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

    vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

    non deficiente crumena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

    quod plena luna defecisset,

    was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

    solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

    id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

    qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

    Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

    ignis,

    Verg. G. 352:

    lumen,

    Petr. 111, 4:

    progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

    becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

    but deficit ignis,

    does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

    in hac voce defecit,

    he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

    mundum deficere,

    id. ib.:

    deficit vita,

    Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

    quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

    had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

    ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

    grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

    deficit Matho,

    fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

    debitores,

    Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

    munimenta defecerant,

    yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

    ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

    nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

    animo,

    id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

    for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

    ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

    deficit ars,

    Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

    pugnando deficere,

    i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

    suppeditare Materies,

    Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

    quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

    Ov. F. 3, 674:

    defectus annis et desertus viribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

    defectissimus annis et viribus,

    Col. 1 prooem. §

    12: senio (arbor),

    id. 5, 6, 37:

    laboribus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 285:

    vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

    Sen. Hippol. 374:

    defectae senectutis homine,

    Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

    in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

    smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

    sidera obscura attributa defectis,

    the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

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  • 15 deficio

    dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

    deflunt,

    Gell. 20, 8, 5:

    defiat,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

    defiet,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    defieri,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)
    I.
    Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ab amicitia P. R.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

    ab Aeduis,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

    ab rege,

    Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

    (consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

    Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

    a republica,

    id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

    ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

    a patribus ad plebem,

    to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

    ad se,

    Sall. J. 61; cf.:

    ad Poenos,

    Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

    civitates quae defecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    si a virtute defeceris,

    forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

    ut a me ipse deficerem,

    id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,
    II.
    As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

    very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

    vires,

    id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

    me Leontina civitas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

    res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

    ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

    tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32:

    animus si te non deficit aequus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

    somnus sollicitas domus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—
    b.
    Pass.:

    cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

    mulier a menstruis defecta,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

    mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    aqua ciboque defecti,

    Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    sanguine defecti artus,

    Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

    si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

    i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

    te defecta nomina,

    ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —
    III.
    Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.
    A.
    Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).
    (α).
    With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

    lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

    Verg. E. 2, 22.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

    so opp. superesse,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

    ut defiat dies,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

    numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

    Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

    defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

    disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

    sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

    weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—
    B.
    Neuter.
    (α).
    With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

    cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

    so perh.: vires nostris,

    id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—
    (β).
    Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    non frumentum deficere poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

    fructus ex arboribus,

    id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

    ejus generis copia,

    id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

    tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

    vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

    non deficiente crumena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

    quod plena luna defecisset,

    was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

    solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

    id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

    qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

    Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

    ignis,

    Verg. G. 352:

    lumen,

    Petr. 111, 4:

    progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

    becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

    but deficit ignis,

    does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

    in hac voce defecit,

    he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

    mundum deficere,

    id. ib.:

    deficit vita,

    Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

    quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

    had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

    ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

    grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

    deficit Matho,

    fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

    debitores,

    Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

    munimenta defecerant,

    yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

    ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

    nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

    animo,

    id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

    for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

    ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

    deficit ars,

    Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

    pugnando deficere,

    i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

    suppeditare Materies,

    Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

    quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

    Ov. F. 3, 674:

    defectus annis et desertus viribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

    defectissimus annis et viribus,

    Col. 1 prooem. §

    12: senio (arbor),

    id. 5, 6, 37:

    laboribus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 285:

    vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

    Sen. Hippol. 374:

    defectae senectutis homine,

    Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

    in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

    smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

    sidera obscura attributa defectis,

    the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

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  • 16 defatiscor

    defatisci, defassus sum V DEP
    become exhausted/suffer exaustion, grow weary/faint/weak, flag; lose heart

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  • 17 defetiscor

    defetisci, defessus sum V DEP
    become exhausted/suffer exaustion, grow weary/faint/tired/weak, flag; lose heart

    Latin-English dictionary > defetiscor

  • 18 consenesco

    to grow old, weak, feeble, infirm

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  • 19 languesco

    languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [langueo], to become faint, weak, languid (class.; syn.: torpesco, marcesco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpore languescit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

    orator metuo ne languescat senectute,

    id. de Sen. 9, 28:

    corpora,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39; Plin. Pan. 18:

    vites languescunt,

    Plin. 18, 15, 37, § 138:

    cum flos, succisus aratro, languescit moriens,

    droops, withers, Verg. A. 9, 436: Bacchus in amphora Languescit, becomes mild or mellow, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34:

    luna languescit,

    becomes obscured, Tac. A. 1, 28:

    color in luteum languescens,

    inclining to, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.—
    B.
    In partic., to be enfeebled by disease, to be ill, to languish ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    nec mea languescent corpora,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39:

    ter omnino per quatuordecim annos languit,

    Suet. Ner. 51.—
    II.
    Trop., to grow languid, listless, or inactive, to decline, decrease:

    consensus populi, si nos languescimus debilitetur necesse est,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 4:

    Martia legio hoc nuntio languescet et mollietur,

    id. ib. 12, 3, 8:

    quare non est, cur eorum spes infringatur aut languescat industria,

    should relax, id. Or. 2, 6:

    militaria studia,

    are on the decline, Plin. Pan. 18:

    affectus omnes,

    Quint. 11, 3, 2:

    mens languescit,

    id. 1, 2, 18: omnium rerum cupido languescit, cum facilis occasio est, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 1:

    paulatim atrocibus irae languescunt animis,

    Sil. 13, 325:

    illa rabies languit,

    Luc. 7, 246.

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  • lan|guish — «LANG gwihsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to grow weak; become weary; droop: »The flowers languished from lack of water. SYNONYM(S): wither, fade. 2. to become weak or wasted through pain, hunger, or other suffering; suffer under any unfavorable… …   Useful english dictionary

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