drooping

marcĕo, ēre, v. n. [Sanscr. root mar, die; Gr. marainô, marasmos; cf. also morbus, morior], to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel

Lit. ( poet.): marcebant coronae, [p. 1113] Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 244:

silva comis,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 29.—

Transf., to be faint, weak, drooping, feeble, languid, lazy (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

annis corpus jam marcet,

Lucr. 3, 946:

marcent luxuria, vino, et epulis per totam hiemem confecti,

Liv. 23, 45:

otio ac desidia corrupti marcebant,

Just. 30, 1:

pavore,

Curt. 4, 13, 18; Vell. 2, 84:

si marcet animus, si corpus torpet,

Cels. 2, 2:

amor,

Claud. Laud. Seren. 226:

juventa,

Nemes. Ecl. 1, 60.—Hence, marcens, entis, P. a., withering, drooping, feeble, wasted away, exhausted, weak, languid, indolent (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

marcentes coronae, Claud. Epithal. Pall. et Celer. 96: marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,

Mart. 5, 78, 12:

bracchia marcentia vino,

Col. 10, 428.—

Transf.:

colla,

Stat. Th. 2, 630:

guttura,

Ov. M. 7, 314:

senex marcentibus annis,

Sil. 15, 746:

visus,

Sen. Agam. 788:

stomachus,

Suet. Calig. 58:

terga,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 704.— Absol.:

tostis marcentem squillis recreabis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 58:

Vitellius deses et marcens,

Tac. H. 3, 36:

pocula,

i. e. enfeebling, Stat. S. 4, 6, 56:

pax,

Tac. G. 36: flamma cupiditatis, Mam. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 17.

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pale, wan, pale yellow, pale green / weak, drooping

con-vălesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to recover from a disease, to regain health, to grow strong, gain strength, etc. (very freq., and class.).

Lit., with ex, de, ab, or absol.:

ex morbo,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.; so id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Suet. Aug. 59; cf.:

de vulnere,

Ov. H. 21, 211:

nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5: eum sustulere (defatigatum vulneribus), isque convaluit, Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:

ne aegri quidem quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 12:

a solis ardoribus,

Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54; so in part. pres.: con-vălescentes, subst., those who are convalescent, Plin. 20, 5, 17, §§ 34 and 35;

31, 9, 45, § 102 al.: agni,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15; Col. 7, 3, 19:

arbores,

to thrive, grow, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

semina,

Col. 3, 3, 4; 4, 16, 1:

caulis,

Pall. Febr. 24, 6:

planta,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; cf.

, of drooping branches of trees: veterrimae ilicis demissos jam ad terram languentesque ramos convaluisse adventu suo,

Suet. Aug. 92:

pestifer ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 478; cf.:

flamma magnā congerie,

Quint. 5, 13, 13.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut convalescere aliquando et sanari civitas posset,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76; so,

civitas,

Just. 3, 4, 1:

Milo in dies convalescebat,

gained strength, Cic. Mil. 9, 25:

Caesar,

id. Att. 7, 3, 4:

ut tandem annona convaluit,

grew better, became cheaper, Suet. Aug. 42:

mens mea,

Ov. H. 16, 73:

mala per longas moras,

id. R. Am. 92:

opinio inveterata,

Col. 3, 7, 2; so,

opinio vetus,

Gell. 4, 11, 1:

fama mortis suae apud barbaros,

Curt. 9, 6, 1.—

Esp. in the jurists, to receive or possess value, become valid:

testamentum,

Dig. 29, 1, 33:

donatio,

ib. 24, 1, 33:

libertas servo data,

ib. 28, 7, 20.

con-vălesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to recover from a disease, to regain health, to grow strong, gain strength, etc. (very freq., and class.).

Lit., with ex, de, ab, or absol.:

ex morbo,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.; so id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Suet. Aug. 59; cf.:

de vulnere,

Ov. H. 21, 211:

nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5: eum sustulere (defatigatum vulneribus), isque convaluit, Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:

ne aegri quidem quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 12:

a solis ardoribus,

Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54; so in part. pres.: con-vălescentes, subst., those who are convalescent, Plin. 20, 5, 17, §§ 34 and 35;

31, 9, 45, § 102 al.: agni,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15; Col. 7, 3, 19:

arbores,

to thrive, grow, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

semina,

Col. 3, 3, 4; 4, 16, 1:

caulis,

Pall. Febr. 24, 6:

planta,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; cf.

, of drooping branches of trees: veterrimae ilicis demissos jam ad terram languentesque ramos convaluisse adventu suo,

Suet. Aug. 92:

pestifer ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 478; cf.:

flamma magnā congerie,

Quint. 5, 13, 13.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut convalescere aliquando et sanari civitas posset,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76; so,

civitas,

Just. 3, 4, 1:

Milo in dies convalescebat,

gained strength, Cic. Mil. 9, 25:

Caesar,

id. Att. 7, 3, 4:

ut tandem annona convaluit,

grew better, became cheaper, Suet. Aug. 42:

mens mea,

Ov. H. 16, 73:

mala per longas moras,

id. R. Am. 92:

opinio inveterata,

Col. 3, 7, 2; so,

opinio vetus,

Gell. 4, 11, 1:

fama mortis suae apud barbaros,

Curt. 9, 6, 1.—

Esp. in the jurists, to receive or possess value, become valid:

testamentum,

Dig. 29, 1, 33:

donatio,

ib. 24, 1, 33:

libertas servo data,

ib. 28, 7, 20.

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

languĕo, ēre, 2, v. n. [root lag-; Gr. lagaros, lagnos, lewd; Lat. laxare, lactes; cf. Sanscr. lang-a, prostitute; Gr. lagôs, hare, lagones, the flanks, womb], to be faint, weary, languid (cf.: languesco, marceo, torpeo).

Lit.

In gen.:

cum de via languerem,

was fatigued with my journey, Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

per assiduos motus languere,

to be wearied, Ov. H. 18, 161.— Poet.:

flos languet,

droops, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 46; Val. Fl. 7, 24 al.:

languet aequor,

the sea is calm, Mart. 10, 30, 12:

lunae languet jubar,

is enfeebled, obscured, Stat. Th. 12, 305.—

In partic., to be weak, faint, languid from disease ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

languent mea membra,

Tib. 3, 5, 28:

tristi languebunt corpora morbo,

Verg. G. 4, 252:

sub natalem suum plerumque languebat,

Suet. Aug. 81: si te languere audierimus, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.:

ego langui et aegrotavi per dies,

Vulg. Dan. 8, 27; Luc. 7, 10; cf. languesco.—

Trop., to be languid, dull, heavy, inactive, listless:

languet juventus, nec perinde atque debebat in laudis et gloriae cupiditate versatur,

Cic. Pis. 33, 82:

nec eam solitudinem languere patior,

to pass in idleness, to be wasted, id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

otio,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

in otio hebescere et languere,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

si paululum modo vos languere viderint,

to be without energy, Sall. C. 52, 18:

languet amor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 436:

mihi gratia languet,

Sil. 17, 361.—Hence, languens, entis, P. a., faint, weak, feeble, inert, powerless, inactive, languid:

incitare languentes,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; cf.: commovere languentem id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14: languenti stomacho esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:

irritamentum Veneris languentis,

Juv. 11, 167:

vox languens,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133:

cor,

Cat. 64, 97:

hyacinthus,

drooping, Verg. A. 11, 69; so,

ramus,

Suet. Aug. 92.

lassus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Bopp, Gloss. 112, 6, for glassus from glasnus; kindred to Sanscr. glasnu, fessus, defessus, lassus; but more prob. collat. form of laxus; cf. langueo], faint, languid, weary, tired, exhausted (syn.: fessus, fatigatus, defatigatus; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

lassus de via,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 66:

opere faciundo,

id. As. 5, 2, 23:

lassus jam sum durando miser,

id. Truc. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

Romani itinere atque opere castrorum et proelio fessi lassique erant,

Sall. J. 53:

recto itinere lassi,

Quint. 2, 3, 9: assiduo gaudio, Plin. 37, 1, 1, § 3:

ab equo indomito,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 10:

lasso mihi subvenire,

Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 5:

alieno aratro,

Juv. 8, 246:

marris ac vomere,

id. 15, 167.—Prov.:

a lasso rixam quaeri (because tired persons are easily vexed),

Sen. Ira, 3, 9, 5.—

With gen.:

lassus maris et viarum Militiaeque,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 7; cf.:

ita me amor lassum animi ludificat,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8.—

With acc.:

lassus pondus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1599. —

With inf.:

nec fueris nomen lassa vocare meum,

Prop. 2, 13, 28 (3, 5, 12); 2, 15 (3, 7), 46; 2, 33 (3, 31), 26.—

Transf., of things:

fructious assiduis lassa humus,

exhausted, Ov. P. 1, 4, 14; cf.:

lassa et effeta natura,

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 2:

aurae spatio ipso,

id. ib. 5, 6, 14:

stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 8:

verba onerantia lassas aures,

id. ib. 1, 10, 10:

collum,

drooping, Verg. A. 9, 436:

lasso collo jumenta,

Juv. 14, 146:

undae,

i. e. become calm again, Luc. 2, 618:

mons,

gently sloping, Stat. Th. 1, 330:

si res lassa labat, Itidem amici collabascunt,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16.— Comp., sup., and adv. seem not to occur.

prae-grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period).

Lit.:

exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens,

Liv. 5, 34:

praegravata telis scuta,

burdened, heavy, id. 7, 23:

caper praegravantibus auribus,

drooping, Col. 7, 6.—

Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate:

ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—

To preponderate:

cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet,

Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.