(adj.Subst.adv.) : aeger, gra, grum, adj.Curtius proposes to connect it with ἐπ-είγω, to press, drive; αἰγίς, storm-wind; αἶγες, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness, designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).
* Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.
* Of men: homines aegri morbo gravi,Cic. Cat. 1, 13: graviter aegrum fuisse,id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: infirma atque aegra valetudo,id. Brut. 48 fin.: aegro corpore esse,id. ad Quir. 1 fin.: ex vulnere,id. Rep. 2, 21: vulneribus,Nep. Milt. 7: pedibus,Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38; Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,Hor. S. 2, 2, 43: anhelitus,shortness of breath,Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.: Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3: ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186: vicinum funus aegros exanimat,Hor. S. 1, 4, 126: ungebant oleo multos aegros,Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab): D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,Inscr. Orell. 2886.
* Fig.
* Of plants, diseased: seges aegra,Verg. A. 3, 142: aegra arbor,Pall. Febr. 25, 23: vitis,id. Mart. 7, 4.
* Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow: aeger animus,Sall. J. 74: aegris animis legati superveniunt,Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf. Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (δειλοί βροτοί, ὀιζυροί, πολύπονοι), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.
* With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.): animus aeger avaritiā,Sall. J. 31: amore,Liv. 30, 11: curis,Verg. A. 1, 208 al.
* Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble: maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2: qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious: recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.): numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.; v. aegre below): dolores aegri,Lucr. 3, 905: luctus,id. 3, 933: amor,Verg. G. 4, 464: mors,id. ib. 3, 512: spes,i. e. faint, slight hope,Sil. 9, 543: fides,wavering,id. 2, 392 al.—As subst.: aegrum, i, n.: plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,more pain,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11: sed cui nihil accidit aegri,Lucr. 5, 171.—Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.
* With ab: A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.
* Object.
* Uncomfortably: nescio quid meo animost aegre,disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf. opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.: aegre est,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also: aegre facere alicui,to vex, hurt,Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and: aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,any thing annoying, disagreeable,id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.
* With difficulty or effort (opp. facile): omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.: inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and: omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,Sall. J. 83, 1: nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106: aegre rastris terram rimantur,Verg. G. 3, 534 al.: non aegre persequi iter,Col. 9, 8, 9; so, haud aegre,Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.
* Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.: aegre pati,Liv. 1, 9 et saep.: aegre tolerare,Tac. Agr. 13: si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16: aegre carere,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. —Comp.: quod aegrius patimur,Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.—Sup.: aegerrime ferre,Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

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