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enfeebled

  • 1 dēfectus

        dēfectus adj.    [P. of deficio], weak, worn out, enfeebled: defecto poplite labens, O.: corpus, Ta.: amor, O.: annis, Ph.
    * * *
    I
    defecta -um, defectior -or -us, defectissimus -a -um ADJ
    tired, enfeebled, worn out; faulty, defective; reduced in size, smaller
    II
    the_weak (pl.)
    III
    failure/lack; absence/disappearance; weakness/failing; defection/revolt; diminution, growing less, becoming ineffective, cessation; eclipse; fading

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  • 2 obtundo

    ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

    perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

    breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

    obtunso ore,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

    nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—
    II.
    To blunt, dull, by striking.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    telum,

    Lucr. 6, 399:

    gladios,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

    aciem oculorum,

    Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

    auditum,

    id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

    obtusus stomachus,

    id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

    vocem,

    to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

    ingenia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

    et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

    Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

    mentem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

    ingenia,

    id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

    nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—
    2.
    Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

    aliquem longis epistulis,

    to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

    aliquem,

    id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

    rogitando,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

    non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

    App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

    aliquem de aliquā re,

    to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

    obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

    id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    falx obtusa et hebes,

    Col. 4, 24, 21:

    pugio,

    Tac. A. 15, 54:

    vomer,

    Verg. G. 1, 262:

    angulus,

    Lucr. 4, 355:

    cornua lunae obtusa,

    Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—
    B.
    Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

    animi acies obtusior,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    stellis acies obtunsa,

    Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

    aures obtunsae,

    blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

    id. 11, 3, 20:

    stomachus,

    weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

    obtunsa pectora,

    insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

    ingenium,

    Gell. 13, 24, 21:

    vires,

    enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

    nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

    too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

    vigor animi,

    Liv. 5, 18:

    cor,

    Lact. 2, 5, 4:

    sensus eorum,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

    venenum,

    powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

    quo quid dici potest obtusius?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

    crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

    Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

    hoc facere obtuse,

    Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

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  • 3 optusus

    ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

    perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

    breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

    obtunso ore,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

    nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—
    II.
    To blunt, dull, by striking.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    telum,

    Lucr. 6, 399:

    gladios,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

    aciem oculorum,

    Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

    auditum,

    id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

    obtusus stomachus,

    id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

    vocem,

    to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

    ingenia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

    et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

    Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

    mentem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

    ingenia,

    id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

    nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—
    2.
    Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

    aliquem longis epistulis,

    to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

    aliquem,

    id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

    rogitando,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

    non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

    App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

    aliquem de aliquā re,

    to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

    obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

    id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    falx obtusa et hebes,

    Col. 4, 24, 21:

    pugio,

    Tac. A. 15, 54:

    vomer,

    Verg. G. 1, 262:

    angulus,

    Lucr. 4, 355:

    cornua lunae obtusa,

    Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—
    B.
    Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

    animi acies obtusior,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    stellis acies obtunsa,

    Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

    aures obtunsae,

    blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

    id. 11, 3, 20:

    stomachus,

    weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

    obtunsa pectora,

    insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

    ingenium,

    Gell. 13, 24, 21:

    vires,

    enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

    nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

    too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

    vigor animi,

    Liv. 5, 18:

    cor,

    Lact. 2, 5, 4:

    sensus eorum,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

    venenum,

    powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

    quo quid dici potest obtusius?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

    crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

    Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

    hoc facere obtuse,

    Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

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  • 4 attenuātus (adt-)

        attenuātus (adt-) adj. with sup.    [P. of attenuo], enfeebled, weak: amore, O.: fortuna attenuatissima, Her.—Of discourse, thin, dry: oratio.

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  • 5 dēfectus

        dēfectus ūs, m    [deficio], a falling away, desertion, revolt: Spartanorum, Cu. — A diminution, failure: aquarum, L. — An obscuration, eclipse: solis, V.— Plur: eius (lunae).
    * * *
    I
    defecta -um, defectior -or -us, defectissimus -a -um ADJ
    tired, enfeebled, worn out; faulty, defective; reduced in size, smaller
    II
    the_weak (pl.)
    III
    failure/lack; absence/disappearance; weakness/failing; defection/revolt; diminution, growing less, becoming ineffective, cessation; eclipse; fading

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  • 6 fessus

        fessus adj.    [2 FA-], wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted, worn out, weak, feeble, infirm: opere castrorum, S.: fessum inediā recreare: militiā cohortes, H.: caede, V.: annis, O.: vomere tauri, H.: Rubos fessi pervenimus, H.: fessi rerum, V.: ab undis, V.— Exhausted, worn out, enfeebled, feeble: volnere corpus, L.: Corporis artūs, sick, H.: vox loquendo, O.: naves, V.: res, misfortunes, V.
    * * *
    fessa, fessum ADJ
    tired, wearied, fatigued, exhausted; worn out, weak, feeble, infirm, sick

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  • 7 in-exhaustus

        in-exhaustus adj.,     not wasted: pubertas, not enfeebled, Ta.: metalla, inexhaustible, V.

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  • 8 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.
    * * *
    languescere, langui, - V
    become faint or languid or weak, wilt

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  • 9 marceō

        marceō —, —, ēre    [1 MAR-], to be faint, droop, be feeble, be languid: luxuriā, L.— P. praes.: Potor, H.: pax, Ta.: guttura, O.
    * * *
    marcere, -, - V
    be enfeebled, weak or faint

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  • 10 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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  • 11 obtūsus or obtūnsus

        obtūsus or obtūnsus adj. with comp.    [P. of obtundo], blunt, dull, obtuse: vomer, V.—Fig., blunt, dull, weak, faint: cui (animo) obtusior sit acies: obtunsa pectora, insensible, V.: ne obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo, too enfeebled, V.: vigor animi, L.: quo quid dici potest obtusius? more stupid.

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  • 12 re-languēscō

        re-languēscō guī, ere,     inch, to sink down, grow languid, become faint: (soror) moribunda relanguit, O.—Fig., to become enfeebled, be relaxed, relax, weaken: quod relanguescere animos eorum existimarent, Cs.: quod autem relanguisse se dicit, that his passion has subsided: ut taedio impetus relanguescat regis, L.

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  • 13 saucius

        saucius adj.,    wounded, hurt: graviter: sauciorum modo habitā ratione, Cs.: homines: Bracchia direptā saucia fecit acu, O.—Smitten, injured, enfeebled, ill, sick, distempered: gladiator: (tellus) nec ullis Saucia vomeribus, torn, O.: malus celeri saucius Africo, H.: glacies inserto saucia sole, melted, O.—Fig., wounded, smitten: Medea amore saucia: regina gravi saucia curā, V.: vir Pieriā paelice, H.: ipse e nostro igne, O.—Wounded, hurt, offended, injured: animus.
    * * *
    saucia, saucium ADJ
    wounded; ill, sick

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  • 14 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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  • 15 marco

    marcere, marcui, marcitus V INTRANS
    be withered/flabby, droop/shrivel; flag/faint; be weak/enfeebled/idle/apathetic

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  • 16 adtenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

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  • 17 adtero

    at-tĕro ( adt-, Dietsch), trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a. ( perf. inf. atteruisse, Tib. 1, 4, 48; cf. Vell. Long. p. 2234 P.), to rub one thing against another; hence, in gen., to rub away, wear out or diminish by rubbing, to waste, wear away, weaken, impair, exhaust.
    I.
    Lit. (most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. only once as P. a.; v. infra): insons Cerberus leniter atterens caudam, rubbing against or upon (sc. Herculi), * Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    asinus spinetis se scabendi causā atterens,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204: aures, * Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11 (cf. antestor):

    bucula surgentes atterat herbas,

    tramples upon, Verg. G. 4, 12:

    opere insuetas atteruisse manus,

    Tib. 1, 4, 48; so Prop. 5, 3, 24, and Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158; so,

    dentes usu atteruntur,

    id. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    attrivit sedentis pedem,

    Vulg. Num. 22, 25:

    vestem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 10; Col. 11, 2, 16;

    Cels. praef.: vestimenta,

    Vulg. Deut. 29, 5; ib. Isa. 51, 6.— Poet., of sand worn by the water flowing over it:

    attritas versabat rivus harenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 456.—
    II.
    Trop., to destroy, waste, weaken, impair:

    postquam utrimque legiones item classes saepe fusae fugataeque et alteri alteros aliquantum adtriverant,

    Sall. J. 79, 4:

    magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum adtrita est,

    id. ib. 85, 46:

    Italiae opes bello,

    id. ib. 5, 4; so Tac. H. 1, 10; 1, 89; 2, 56; Curt. 4, 6 fin.; cf. Sil. 2, 392 Drak.:

    nec publicanus atterit (Germanos),

    exhausts, drains, Tac. G. 29:

    famam atque pudorem,

    Sall. C. 16, 2:

    et vincere inglorium et atteri sordidum arbitrabatur,

    and to suffer injury in his dignity, Tac. Agr. 9 Rupert.:

    eo tempore, quo praecipue alenda ingenia atque indulgentiā quādam enutrienda sunt, asperiorum tractatu rerum atteruntur,

    are enfeebled, Quint. 8, prooem. 4:

    filii ejus atterentur egestate,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 10:

    Nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis,

    Juv. 16, 50.— Hence, attrītus, a, um, P. a., rubbed off, worn off or away, wasted.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: ut rictum ejus (simulacri) ac mentum paulo sit attritius, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43:

    ansa,

    Verg. E. 6, 17:

    vomer,

    worn bright, id. G. 1, 46; cf. Juv. 8, 16 Rupert.:

    caelaturae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Petr. 109, 9.—
    2.
    In medicine, attritae partes or subst. attrita, ōrum, n. (sc. membra), bruised, excoriated parts of the body:

    medetur et attritis partibus sive oleo etc.,

    Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43:

    attritis medetur cinis muris silvatici etc.,

    id. 30, 8, 22, § 70.—
    B.
    Trop.: attrita frons, a shameless, impudent face (lit. a smooth face, to which shame no longer clings; cf. perfrico), Juv. 13, 242 Rupert.; so,

    domus Israël attritā fronte,

    Vulg. Ezech. 3, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 18 attenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

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  • 19 attero

    at-tĕro ( adt-, Dietsch), trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a. ( perf. inf. atteruisse, Tib. 1, 4, 48; cf. Vell. Long. p. 2234 P.), to rub one thing against another; hence, in gen., to rub away, wear out or diminish by rubbing, to waste, wear away, weaken, impair, exhaust.
    I.
    Lit. (most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. only once as P. a.; v. infra): insons Cerberus leniter atterens caudam, rubbing against or upon (sc. Herculi), * Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    asinus spinetis se scabendi causā atterens,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204: aures, * Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11 (cf. antestor):

    bucula surgentes atterat herbas,

    tramples upon, Verg. G. 4, 12:

    opere insuetas atteruisse manus,

    Tib. 1, 4, 48; so Prop. 5, 3, 24, and Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158; so,

    dentes usu atteruntur,

    id. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    attrivit sedentis pedem,

    Vulg. Num. 22, 25:

    vestem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 10; Col. 11, 2, 16;

    Cels. praef.: vestimenta,

    Vulg. Deut. 29, 5; ib. Isa. 51, 6.— Poet., of sand worn by the water flowing over it:

    attritas versabat rivus harenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 456.—
    II.
    Trop., to destroy, waste, weaken, impair:

    postquam utrimque legiones item classes saepe fusae fugataeque et alteri alteros aliquantum adtriverant,

    Sall. J. 79, 4:

    magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum adtrita est,

    id. ib. 85, 46:

    Italiae opes bello,

    id. ib. 5, 4; so Tac. H. 1, 10; 1, 89; 2, 56; Curt. 4, 6 fin.; cf. Sil. 2, 392 Drak.:

    nec publicanus atterit (Germanos),

    exhausts, drains, Tac. G. 29:

    famam atque pudorem,

    Sall. C. 16, 2:

    et vincere inglorium et atteri sordidum arbitrabatur,

    and to suffer injury in his dignity, Tac. Agr. 9 Rupert.:

    eo tempore, quo praecipue alenda ingenia atque indulgentiā quādam enutrienda sunt, asperiorum tractatu rerum atteruntur,

    are enfeebled, Quint. 8, prooem. 4:

    filii ejus atterentur egestate,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 10:

    Nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis,

    Juv. 16, 50.— Hence, attrītus, a, um, P. a., rubbed off, worn off or away, wasted.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: ut rictum ejus (simulacri) ac mentum paulo sit attritius, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43:

    ansa,

    Verg. E. 6, 17:

    vomer,

    worn bright, id. G. 1, 46; cf. Juv. 8, 16 Rupert.:

    caelaturae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Petr. 109, 9.—
    2.
    In medicine, attritae partes or subst. attrita, ōrum, n. (sc. membra), bruised, excoriated parts of the body:

    medetur et attritis partibus sive oleo etc.,

    Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43:

    attritis medetur cinis muris silvatici etc.,

    id. 30, 8, 22, § 70.—
    B.
    Trop.: attrita frons, a shameless, impudent face (lit. a smooth face, to which shame no longer clings; cf. perfrico), Juv. 13, 242 Rupert.; so,

    domus Israël attritā fronte,

    Vulg. Ezech. 3, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 20 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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