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    dēbilitō āvi, ātus, āre    [debilis], to lame, cripple, maim, debilitate, unnerve, disable, weaken: debilitati inter saxa, L.: corpore debilitantur (saucii): vim ferro: opes adversariorum debilitatae, N.: Debilitaturum quid te petis munus, O.—Poet.: oppositis pumicibus mare, i. e. dashes, H.—Fig., to weaken, break, crush, cripple, disable: hunc debilitatum viderem: recitatis litteris debilitatus, disheartened: debilitati a iure cognoscendo, helpless to discern: membrum rei p. debilitatum: animum luctu: senectus Debilitat virīs animi, V.: versūs.

    īnfringō frēgī, frāctus, ere    [in+frango], to break off, break, bruise: infractis omnibus hastis, L.: infracta tela, V.: violas Liliaque, O.: quibus (liminibus) latus, bruise on the threshold, H.: infractus remus (broken, to the eye).— To inflict: Homini colaphos, T.—Fig., to break, subdue, overcome, check, weaken, mitigate, assuage: ut vis militum infringeretur, Cs.: florem dignitatis: animos eorum, L.: infractae vires, V.: fortia facta suis modis, weaken, O.: nec fatis infracta (Iuno), appeased, V.: infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus, is broken off.

    accīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [ad + caedo], to cut, cut at, cut into, cut down, fell (rare): arbores, Cs.: accisa ornus ferro, V.: accisis crinibus, with shorn hair, Ta.—Poet., to consume: dapes, V.—Fig., to impair, weaken, shatter: Latinorum etsi pariter accisae copiae sint, L.: accisae Volscorum res, L. — I II

    carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.

    dēlumbō —, —, āre    [de + lumbus], to enervate, weaken: sententias.

    ēnervō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex + nervus], to enervate, weaken, make effeminate, deprive of vigor: me enervavit senectus: epulae enervaverunt corpora, L.: undis artūs, O.: vires, H.: ut enervetur oratio compositione verborum.

    frangō frēgi, frāctus, ere    [FRAG-], to break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, shatter, fracture: ova: anulus fractus est: navibus fractis, Cs.: navem, suffer shipwreck, T.: Ianua frangatur, H.: corpora Ad saxum, V.: laqueo gulam, strangle, S.: bracchium: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: in arbore cornu, O.: te, tigris ut aspera, tear in pieces, H.: diem mero, shorten, H.— To break up, grind, bruise, crush: glaebam Bidentibus, V.: fruges saxo, V. — To break (of waves): tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi: arcus aquarum Frangitur, O.—Fig., to break down, subdue, overcome, crush, dishearten, weaken, diminish, violate, soften: alqm, ut, etc.: Danaūm fractae vires, V.: quem series inmensa laborum Fregerit, O.: proeliis fracti, Cs.: te ut ulla res frangat?: pudore: alqm patientiā: omnis res mea fracta est, my fortune was lost, H.: res fractae, calamities, V.: Frangimur fatis, V.: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum, Ta.: bellum proeliis: praedonis audaciam: consilium alicuius: doli frangentur inanes, come to naught, V.: foedus: mandata, fail in, H.: dum se calor frangat, subsides.

    hebetō āvī, ātus, āre    [hebes], to make blunt, dull, blunt, dim, deaden, weaken: hastas, L.: ferrum hostium, L.: visūs tibi, V.: sidera, Ta.: taurorum flammas, quench the fiery breath, O.: alcui visūs, V.—Fig.: Lethe hebetans pectora, stupefying, O.

    īnfīrmō āvī, ātus, āre    [infirmus], to weaken, invalidate, disprove, refute, impair, annul: legiones, Ta.: res tam levīs: ad iudicem fidem testis: ceteras (leges), L.

    labefaciō fēcī, factus, ere; pass. labefīō, factus, fierī    [labo+facio], to cause to totter, shake, loosen, make ready to fall: dentīs mihi, T.: partem muri, Cs.: Charta a vinclis non labefacta suis, opened, O.: labefacta iugera, i. e. deeply ploughed, V.: calor labefacta per ossa cucurrit, relaxed, V.—Fig., to cause to waver, shake: alquem: animus vario labefactus volnere, O.: primores, to shake in allegiance, Ta.: magno animum labefactus amore, disquieted, V.— To shake, weaken, overthrow, ruin, destroy: (res p.) labefacta: quo iura plebis labefacta essent, L.

    labefactō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [labefacio], to cause to totter, shake, overthrow: signum vectibus. —Fig., to shake, throw down, overthrow, destroy, ruin, weaken: illius dignitatem: ad iudicem causam labefactari animadvertunt: labefactarat aratores superior annus: fidem pretio.— To weaken in purpose, move: ab eā astute labefactarier, T.

    laxō āvī, ātus, āre    [laxus], to extend, make wide, open, expand: forum: manipulos, Cs.: ubi laxatas sensit custodias, L.— To open, undo, unloose, release: vincla epistolae, N.: pedem ab nodo, L.: claustra portarum, Iu.— To slacken, relax, unbend: arcum, Ph.: excussos rudentīs, V.: laxatis habenis invehi, Cu.: se cutis arida laxet, Iu.— Fig., to lighten, relieve, free, unbend, recreate: iudicum animos: animum ab adsiduis laboribus, L.: libidinum vinculis laxati.— To relax, mitigate, moderate, weaken: sibi aliquid laboris, L.: quies laxaverat artūs, V.: laxata pugna, interrupted, L. — To lessen, abate, reduce: annonam, L.: annona laxaverat (sc. se), L.

    quassō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [quatio], to shake violently, toss, brandish, wave: pinum, V.: hastam, V.: ramum super utraque Tempora, V.: laetum siliquā quassante legumen, nodding pod, V.— To shatter, shiver, dash to pieces, batter: turris diu quassata prociderat, L.: Quassata ventis classis, V.: quassata domus, O.—Fig., to shake, shatter, impair, weaken: quassatā re p.

    quatefaciō fēcī, —, ere    [quatio + facio], to shake, cause to waver, weaken: Antonium.

    solvō solvī (soluit, Ct.; soluisse, Tb.), solūtus, ere    [2 se+luo], to loosen, unbind, unfasten, unfetter, untie, release: iube solvi (eum), T.: ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt: ita nexi soluti (sunt), L.: Solvite me, pueri, V.: quo modo solvantur (nodi), Cu.: solve capillos, untie, O.: crines, let down, O.: terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae, i. e. thawed, H.: Solve senescentem equum, i. e. from service, H.: talibus ora solvit verbis, freely opens, O.: Solvite vela, unfurl, V.— To detach, remove, part, disengage, free: ancorā solutā (i. e. a litore): classis retinacula solvi iussit, O.: teque isto corpore solvo, V.: partūs, to bring forth, O.—Of ships, to free from land, set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart: navīs solvit, Cs.: primis tenebris solverat navem, L.: cum foedere solvere navīs, O.: navīs a terrā solverunt, Cs.: ab Corintho solvere navīs, L.: tertia fere vigiliā solvit (sc. navem), Cs.: nos eo die cenati solvimus: a Brundusio solvit, L.: Alexandriā solvisse: portu solventes.— To untie, unfasten, unlock, unseal, open: ille pharetram Solvit, uncovered, O.: solutā epistulā, N.: solutis fasciis, Cu.— To take apart, disintegrate, disunite, dissolve, separate, break up, scatter, dismiss: ubi ordines procursando solvissent, L.: agmina Diductis solvēre choris, V.: solvit maniplos, Iu.: coetuque soluto Discedunt, O.: urbem solutam reliquerunt, disorganized: si solvas ‘Postquam discordia tetra’... Invenias, etc., H.— To relax, benumb, make torpid, weaken: ima Solvuntur latera, V.: pennā metuente solvi, i. e. unflagging, H.: illi solvuntur frigore membra, V.: corpora somnus Solverat, O.: somno vinoque solutos, O.: Solvitur in somnos, V.— To loosen, break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, scatter: omne conligatum solvi potest: solvere navīs et rursus coniungere, Cu.: membra ratis, O.— To dissolve, melt, turn, change: nives solvere, melt, O.: (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem, V.—Of fastenings, to loose, remove, cancel, untie, unlock: nullo solvente catenas, O.: Frenum solvit, Ph.: Solvitur acris hiemps, H.: a corpore bracchia, relaxes his hold, O.: crinalīs vittas, V.: vinculum epistulae, Cu.—Fig., to free, set free, release, loose, emancipate, relieve, exempt: linguam ad iurgia, O.: cupiditates suas, Cu.: Bassanitas obsidione, L.: ut religione civitas solvatur: Vopiscus, solvatur legibus, be exempted: petente Flacco ut legibus solveretur, L.: ut is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solvat, release the testamentary heirs: reus Postumus est eā lege... solutus ac liber, i. e. the law does not apply to: solutus Legibus insanis, H.: vos curis ceteris, T.: solvent formidine terras, V.: Vita solutorum miserā ambitione, H.: longo luctu, V.: calices quem non fecere Contractā in paupertate solutum? i. e. from cares, H.: ego somno solutus sum, awoke.— To acquit, absolve, cleanse, relieve: ut scelere solvamur, be held guiltless: hunc scelere solutum periculo liberavit: Sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei, O.— To relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe (poet.): solvatur fronte senectus (i. e. frons rugis solvatur), be cleared, H.: arctum hospitiis animum, H.—Of ties, obligations, or authority, to remove, cancel, destroy, efface, make void, annul, overthrow, subvert, violate, abolish: solutum coniugium, Iu.: nec coniugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus, O.: culpa soluta mea est, O.: quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia conruperat, S.: solvendarum legum principium (i. e. dissolvendarum), Cu.: disciplinam militarem, subvert, L.: pactique fide data munera solvit, i. e. took back, O.— To loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse, dissolve, destroy: plebis vis soluta atque dispersa, S.: senectus quae solvit omnia, L.: nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae, H.: hoc firmos solvit amores, O.— To end, remove, relieve, soothe: ieiunia granis, O.: Curam Dulci Lyaeo, H.: corde metum, V.: pudorem, V.: solutam cernebat obsidionem, the siege raised, L.: Solventur risu tabulae (see tabula), H.— To accomplish, fulfil, complete, keep (of funeral ceremonies, vows, and promises): omnia paterno funeri iusta, finish the burial rites: iustis defunctorum corporibus solutis, Cu.: exsequiis rite solutis, V.: vota, fulfil: Vota Iovi, O.: solvisti fidem, you have kept your promise, T.: Esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, i. e. your pledge (to be mine through life), O.— To solve, explain, remove: quā viā captiosa solvantur, i. e. are refuted: Carmina non intellecta, O.: nodos iuris, Iu.—Of debts, to fulfil, pay, discharge, pay off: hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas, settled: Castricio pecuniam iam diu debitam, a debt of long standing: ex quā (pensione) maior pars est ei soluta: rem creditori populo solvit, L.: ut creditae pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: debet vero, solvitque praeclare.—Of persons, to make payment, pay: cuius bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt: ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis: pro vecturā: tibi quod debet ab Egnatio, pay by a draft on Egnatius: numquam vehementius actum est quam ne solveretur, to stop payments: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno res p. esset, able to pay its debt, L.; hence the phrase, solvendo esse, to be solvent: solvendo non erat, was insolvent: cum solvendo civitates non essent: ne videatur non fuisse solvendo.—Of money or property, to pay, pay over, hand over (for pecuniā rem or debitum solvere): emi: pecuniam solvi: pro quo (frumento) pretium, L.: quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur: arbitria funeris, the expenses of the funeral: Dona puer solvit, paid the promised gifts, O.: HS CC praesentia, in cash: legatis pecuniam pro frumento, L.—Of a penalty, to accomplish, fulfil, suffer, undergo: iustae et debitae poenae solutae sunt: capite poenas, S.: meritas poenas solvens, Cu.

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