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1 relanguesco
rĕ-languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to sink down fainting; to grow languid or faint (class. but rare).I.Lit.:2.(soror) Imposito fratri moribunda relanguit ore,
Ov. M. 6, 291.—Transf., of the wind, to sink, slacken, lull, abate, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3.—II.Of a star,
to grow dim, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134.—Trop., to become enfeebled or relaxed, to relax: quod iis rebus relanguescere animos eorum et remitti virtutem existimarent, * Caes. B. G. 2, 15: quod autem relanguisse se dicit, that he has relaxed (in his enmity), * Cic. Att. 13, 41; cf.:animo relanguit ardor,
Ov. Am. 2, 9, 27:ut taedio impetus relanguescat regis,
Liv. 35, 44 (relanguerat, v. l. for elanguerat, Tac. H. 1, 46):si prima indignatio relanguescat,
id. ib. 1, 33. -
2 torpesco
I.Lit.:B.pars corporis torpescit,
Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:elaeomeli qui bibere, torpescunt,
id. 23, 4, 50, § 96:scorpiones visā lychnide torpescunt,
id. 21, 26, 98, § 171:torpuerat gelido lingua retenta metu,
Ov. H. 11, 82:torpuerant molles ante dolore genae,
id. ib. 10, 44:quid tot dextrae? torpescent in amentiā illā?
Liv. 23, 9, 6.—Transf., to become dull, grow dim:II.(margaritae) flavescunt et illae senectā rugisque torpescunt,
Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—Trop., to become listless, dull, inactive, indolent, etc.:ne per otium torpescerent manus aut animus,
Sall. C. 16, 3; cf.:ingenium incultu atque socordiā torpescere sinunt,
id. J. 2, 4:deliciis et desidia torpescere,
Tac. H. 1, 71:vigor cogebatur senio torpescere rerum,
Sil. 16, 14. -
3 hebeō
hebeō —, —, ēre [hebes], to be blunt, be dull: ferrum nunc hebet? L.—Fig., to be sluggish, be inactive: Sanguis hebet, V.: sensu, O.: viri, Ta.* * *hebere, -, - V INTRANSbe blunt; be sluggish/inactive; grow dim/faint, die down; (of feelings) -
4 senesco
sĕnesco, nŭi, 3 ( gerundive:I.senescendi homines,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll. N. cr.), v. inch. n. [seneo], to grow old, become aged; to grow hoary.Lit. (rare):II.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. —Transf.A.For the usual consenescere, to grow old or gray in an occupation, etc., i. e. to linger too long over it:B.inani circa voces studio senescunt,
Quint. 8, prooem. § 18.—(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;2.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.—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. -
5 hebesco
I.Lit.:II.acumina (gladiorum) densis ictibus hebescebant,
Amm. 16, 12, 54:hebescunt sensus, membra torpent,
Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168:hebescebant (oculi),
Suet. Tib. 68:berylli hebescunt,
Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76:hebescere sidera,
Tac. A. 1, 30:hebescere dextras,
Sil. 8, 19.—Trop.:sic mentis acies se ipsam intuens nonnumquam hebescit,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; cf.:nos vicesimum jam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis,
id. Cat. 1, 2, 4:nosmetipsos hebescere et languere nolumus,
id. Ac. 2, 2, 6; cf.:illi per fastidium et contumaciam hebescunt,
Tac. H. 2, 77:hebescere virtus, paupertas probro haberi coepit,
Sall. C. 12, 1. -
6 hebetesco
hĕbĕtesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [hebes], to grow dull, dim, or faint (post-Aug. and very rare):aciem in cultris tonsorum,
Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 79:acies oculi hebetescit ac paene caligat,
Cels. 6, 6, 37:dolor hebetescit,
Scrib. Comp. 56.
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