dē-fătīgo or dē-fĕtīgo, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to weary out, tire a person; to fatigue; to exhaust. (For syn. cf.: fatigo, fessus, lassus, langueo, languidus, defessus. —Freq. and class.)
* Lit.
* Act.: cum crebro integri defessis succederent nostrosque assiduo labore defatigarent,Caes. B. G. 7, 41, 2; cf.: exercitum Pompeii quotidianis itineribus,id. B. C. 3, 85, 2; Suet. Caes. 65 et saep.: se,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3.
* Trop.
* Transf.: ubertate nimia prioris aevi defatigatum et effetum solum,exhausted,Col. 1, praef. § 1.
* Act.: deos suppliciis, votis, precibus, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 398, 23: ne te adolescens mulier defatiget,Ter. Ph. 5, 3, 11: censores, judices,Cic. Leg. 3, 12 fin.
* Pass.: te nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari,Cic. Fam. 14, 1; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 15: numquam conquiescam neque defatigabor ante, quam, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145; cf. id. Brut. 22, 86.—Once with inf.: nec defatigabor permanere in studio libertatis, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14 fin.

s. TLL