(P. a.) : fessus, a, um, cf. Sanscr. hā-, gahāmi, relinquo; Gr. χῖρος, χῆρα, χωρίς; Lat. ad-fatim, fatigo
* Wearied, tired, fatigued; worn out, weak, feeble, infirm (class.; esp. freq. in poets; syn.: fatigatus, defessus, lassus, languidus).
* Prop., of living beings: Romani quamquam itinere atque opere castrorum et proelio fessi lassique erant, tamen, etc.,Sall. J. 53, 5: de via fessus,Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1: fessum inedia fluctibusque recreare,id. Planc. 10, 26: Veientes bello fessi,id. Div. 1, 44, 100: militiā fessae cohortes,Hor. C. 3, 4, 38: plorando fessus sum,Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1: satiate videndi,Lucr. 2, 1038: curāque viāque,Ov. M. 11, 274: somno,Tib. 1, 3, 88: malis,Ov. M. 9, 293: aetate,Verg. A. 2, 596; cf. annis,Ov. M. 9, 440: valetudinibus,Tac. H. 3, 2: fessi vomere tauri,Hor. C. 3, 13, 11: elephanti fessi aegritudine,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3: exercito corpore fessus,Sall. J. 71, 1; 70, 2: cum tibi librum Sollicito damus aut fesso,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 221: inde Rubos fessi pervenimus,id. S. 1, 5, 94; so, viator,id. ib. 1, 5, 17: pastor,id. C. 3, 29, 22: Graii (sc. bello),id. ib. 2, 4, 11: boves,id. Epod. 2, 63.
* With gen. (poet.): fessi rerum,exhausted with events, misfortunes,Verg. A. 1, 178: fessus bellique viaeque,Stat. Th. 3, 395: trepidi rerum fessique salutis,despairing of safety,Sil. 2, 234.—With acc.: agmina fessa gradum,Sil. 4, 40.
* Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): alter fessum vulnere, fessum cursu trahens corpus,Liv. 1, 25, 11; cf. Hor. C. 2, 7, 18; Lucr. 4, 848: (Phoebus) qui salutari levat arte fessos Corporis artus,i. e. sick, diseased,Hor. Carm. Sec. 63: vox fessa loquendo,Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 85: fessa aetas,i. e. the weakness of age,Tac. A. 14, 33: fessa aetate Galbae,id. H. 1, 12: domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto Obruat,worn out, decayed,Lucr. 3, 774; cf. id. 5, 308: cardines fessi et turbati,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 120: (amnes) In mare deducunt fessas erroribus undas,Ov. M. 1, 582: naves,Verg. A. 1, 168; 5, 29: puppes,Ov. M. 6, 519; Tib. 2, 5, 46: carinae,Ov. M. 11, 393; id. A. A. 3, 748: vela,Prop. 3 (4), 21, 19. fessa dies, spent, i. e. drawing to a close, Stat. S. 2, 2, 48: fessae res,critical, precarious,Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18; also,misfortunes, calamities,Verg. A. 3, 145: rebus succurite fessis,id. ib. 11, 335: deligendum esse qui fessis rebus succurreret,Tac. A. 15, 50.

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