(verb) : fătīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, Gr. χάτις, want, χατίζω; cf.: adfatim, fatiscere, fessus
* To weary, tire, fatigue; to vex, harass (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; but defatigare is freq. in Cic. and Caes.).
* Lit.
* Act.: membra,Lucr. 3, 491; cf. defessos. (nervos),id. 6, 1162: dentem in dente,Ov. M. 8, 827: ille (anser) celer pennā tardos aetate fatigat Eluditque diu,id. ib. 8, 687: saepe etiam cursu quatiunt (armenta) et sole fatigant,Verg. G. 3, 132: per triennium Romanos exercitus fatigaverat,Vell. 2, 34, 1; cf.: quos nulla fatigant Proelia,Verg. A. 11, 306: aliquamdiu pugna atroci cum semet ipsi fatigassent,Liv. 8, 10, 3: dextram osculis,to load with kisses,Tac. A. 15, 71: sonitu vicina,Ov. M. 1, 573; cf.: venatu invigilant pueri silvasque fatigant,Verg. A. 9, 605: lolium tribulique fatigant Triticeas messes,disturb, mar, hinder,Ov. M. 5, 485.
* Trop.
* In gen., to weary, fatigue, importune; to plague, torment, vex.
* Act.: punire aliquem aut verbis fatigare,to reprove,Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: prece qua fatigent Virgines sanctae Vestam?Hor. C. 1, 2, 26; cf.: cum per aliquot dies fatigassent singulos precibus,Liv. 9, 20, 3: aliquem precibus,id. 27, 45, 10 Drak.; cf.: Galba fatigabat deos (sc. precibus),Tac. H. 1, 29: corripit e somno corpus sociosque fatigat,Verg. A. 4, 572: socios voce,Sil. 12, 192: discentem per ambages fatigabit,Quint. 3, 11, 23: animam curis,Lucr. 3, 826; cf.: die noctuque fatigare animum,Sall. J. 70, 1: secundae res sapientium animos fatigant,id. C. 11, 8; cf. also: quid aeternis minorem Consiliis animum fatigas?Hor. C. 2, 11, 11: pectora,id. ib. 4, 14, 18: vitam bello,Lucr. 5, 1424: aspera Juno, Quae mare nunc terrasque metu caelumque fatigat,Verg. A. 1, 280: fama terras fatigat,Val. Fl. 2, 120: olli remigio noctemque diemque fatigant,wear out, pass,Verg. A. 8, 94: diem noctemque Marte,Val. Fl. 5, 602; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 81. curasque ita corde fatigat,keeps revolving,Sil. 12, 496; cf. id. 1, 675: frustra niti neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere,Sall. J. 3, 3 Kritz. N. cr.: (Metellus) Marium fatigantem de profectione domum dimittit,Sall. J. 73, 2; cf.: quid mea de fraude deos fatigas?Prop. 2, 20, 3 (3, 13, 3 M.): quos ego audio maxima ope niti, ambire, fatigare vos singulos, ne quid, etc.,Sall. J. 14, 20.
* In partic., in late Lat.
* To vex with raillery, to jeer, banter, Juv. 9, 11; Sulp. Sever. Dial. 1, 5; 1, 4; Sid. Ep. 6, 2.
* To exhaust, intoxicate: fatigati a vino,Vulg. Judith, 13, 2.

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