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  • 1 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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  • 2 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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  • 3 relanguesco

    relanguescere, relangui, - V
    become faint, become weak; sink down

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  • 4 flaccesco

    flaccesco (ante-class. also flaccisco), flaccŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to wilt, wither, dry up (cf. tabesco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    faeniculum cum legeris, sub tecto exponito, dum flaccescat,

    Col. 12, 7, 4:

    flaccescente fronde,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 2:

    stercus cum flaccuit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. —
    II.
    Trop., to become faint or feeble, to droop, languish: flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, Pac. ap. Non. 488, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 77 ed. Rib.): flaccescebat oratio, * Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    flaccescentes voluptates,

    Arn. 4, 142:

    ad numerum cymbalorum mollita indignatione flaccescunt,

    i. e. become mild, softened, id. 7, 237.

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  • 5 flaccisco

    flaccesco (ante-class. also flaccisco), flaccŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to wilt, wither, dry up (cf. tabesco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    faeniculum cum legeris, sub tecto exponito, dum flaccescat,

    Col. 12, 7, 4:

    flaccescente fronde,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 2:

    stercus cum flaccuit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. —
    II.
    Trop., to become faint or feeble, to droop, languish: flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, Pac. ap. Non. 488, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 77 ed. Rib.): flaccescebat oratio, * Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    flaccescentes voluptates,

    Arn. 4, 142:

    ad numerum cymbalorum mollita indignatione flaccescunt,

    i. e. become mild, softened, id. 7, 237.

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  • 6 longisco

    longisco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [longus], to become long (perh. languisco = languidum fieri, frangi, to become faint, weak, languid), Enn. ap. Non. 134, 19 (Ann. v. 480 Vahl.).

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  • 7 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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  • 8 raucus

    raucus, a, um, adj. [from root ru-, to make a loud noise, ravus], hoarse.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.):

    rogitando sum raucus factus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 16: expurigabo ad raucam ravim omnia, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 164, 19:

    nos raucos saepe attentissime audiri video: at Aesopum, si paulum irrauserit, explodi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259; Prop. 1, 16, 39:

    cornices,

    Lucr. 6, 751:

    palumbes,

    Verg. E. 1, 58:

    cicadae,

    id. ib. 2, 12:

    fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1189; cf.

    guttur,

    Ov. M. 2, 484:

    os aselli,

    id. F. 1, 433:

    vox (ranarum),

    id. M. 6, 377:

    garrulitas (picarum),

    id. ib. 5, 678:

    stridor (simiae),

    id. ib. 14, 100:

    quaere peregrinum vicinia rauca reclamat,

    screaming herself hoarse, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 62; cf.

    circus,

    Juv. 8, 59 Rup.:

    causidici,

    Mart. 4, 8, 2:

    rogatores,

    id. 10, 5, 4:

    Codrus,

    Juv. 1, 2:

    cohors (Gallorum),

    id. 6, 514:

    illa (puella) sonat raucum quiddam,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 289; cf. the foll.— Poet., in gen., of the swan:

    dant sonitum rauci per stagna loquacia cygni,

    Verg. A. 11, 458.— Comp.:

    raucior,

    Mart. Cap. 1, § 28; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 704.—
    2.
    Transf., of inanimate things, hoarse, hollow, or deep sounding, harsh, rough, grating, etc. (only in the poets):

    cornu,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 41:

    cymbala,

    id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 36:

    tibia,

    id. 3, 10 (4, 9), 23:

    ossa (tubae),

    id. 4 (5), 3, 20; cf.

    aes (i. e. tuba),

    Verg. G. 4, 71 et saep.:

    murmur (undae),

    id. ib. 1, 109; cf. Hadria, Hor. C. 2, 14, 14:

    litus,

    Stat. Th. 5, 291:

    Aquilo,

    Mart. 1, 50, 20:

    tonitrua,

    Stat. Th. 2, 40:

    postes,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 49; cf. Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50: aes (i. e. scutum). Verg. A. 2, 545 et saep.:

    amnis Rauca sonans,

    id. ib. 9, 125; cf.:

    tumidus post flamina pontus Rauca gemit,

    Luc. 5, 217:

    arma raucum gemuere,

    Sil. 2, 245; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 289.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    te vero nolo, nisi ipse rumor jam raucus erit factus, ad Baias venire,

    has become faint, died away, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5.

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  • 9 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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  • 10 frigesco

    frīgesco, frixi (frigui, Hier. Ep. 52, no. 2), 3, v. inch. n. [frigeo], to become or grow cold, to be chilled (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; perh. not used by Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    eodem addito oleum, postea fervefacito: infundito in catinum, uti frigescat,

    Cato, R. R. 1, 156, 6:

    frigescit terra,

    Lucr. 6, 865:

    ubi frigescere pedes manusque intelligit,

    Tac. A. 15, 70; cf.: Ulixi cor frixit prae pavore, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 92:

    (sanguis) cum metu refugit, abit omnis et pallore frigescit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78:

    frigescens vulnus,

    Curt. 8, 10.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To become inactive, languid, faint: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

    frigescit affectus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133:

    non patiamur frigescere hoc opus (i. e. miserationem),

    id. 6, 1, 29.—
    * B.
    To become cold towards any one:

    vide sis, ne majorum tibi forte Limina frigescant,

    receive thee coldly, Pers. 1, 109.

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  • 11 dē-fetīscor

        dē-fetīscor fessus, ī, dep.,    to become tired, grow weary, faint: Neque defetiscar experirier, T.

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  • 12 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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  • 13 hebēscō

        hebēscō —, —, ere, inch.    [hebeo], to grow blunt, become dull, lose vigor, faint: mentis acies hebescit: hebescere sidera, Ta.: hebescere et languere nolumus: hebescere virtus, regard for character declined, S.
    * * *
    hebescere, -, - V

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  • 14 commarceo

    commarcere, -, - V INTRANS
    wither; become wholly faint/inactive

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  • 15 defatiscor

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

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  • 16 defetiscor

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

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  • 17 commarceo

    com-marcĕo, ēre, v. n.; lit., to wither; trop., to become wholly faint or inactive (late Lat.):

    miles,

    Amm. 17, 10, 1; 31, 12, 13.

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  • 18 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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  • 19 defetiscor

    dē-fĕtiscor (in MSS. sometimes defatiscor), fessus, 3, v. dep. n., to become tired or wearied; to grow weary, faint; to be exhausted. (For syn. v. defatigo. As a verb. fin. ante-class. and rare, but class. and freq. in the part. perf.):

    neque defetiscar experirier,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 23; so with inf.:

    ego sum defessus reperire, vos defessi quaerere,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 54 sq. (for which, sum defessus quaeritando, id. Am. 4, 1, 6); id. Ep. 2, 2, 13; id. Merc. 4, 5, 3; Lucr. 5, 1145:

    non si quid malae pugnae acciderit, defetiscendum, Front. B. Parth.: ego vapulando, ille verberando usque ambo defessi sumus,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 5; so, defessus with abl. gerund., id. ib. 4, 6, 1; id. Eun. 5, 7, 7; Afran. ap. Non. 392, 20; Ov. M. 9, 198; cf.:

    aggerunda aqua defessi,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 14.—With abl. nominis:

    diuturnitate pugnae defessi,

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

    the foll.: defessus totius diei labore,

    id. ib. 7, 88, 7; cf. id. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:

    vulneribus,

    id. B. G. 1, 25, 5:

    cultu agrorum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32 fin.:

    forensibus negotiis atque urbano opere,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 23; 2, 57 fin.:

    convicio (aures),

    id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.:

    semperque ipsi recentes defessis succederent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 25; so opp. recens or integer, id. ib. 7, 41, 2; id. B. C. 1, 45, 7; 3, 94, 2; Cic. de Or. 3, 36 fin.:

    defessi Aeneadae,

    Verg. A. 1, 157; cf. ib. 2, 285; 565: defessus omnibus medullis, Catul. 55, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 54.—
    II.
    Transf., of things:

    arbores defatiscentes,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 10:

    ita defessa ac refrigerata accusatio,

    weakened, Cic. Verr. 1, 10 fin.; cf.

    oratio,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

    orant defessis subeant rebus, i. e. afflictis,

    Sil. 1, 566.

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  • 20 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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