(verb) : infesto, āvi, ātum, 1, infestus
* To attack, trouble, molest, disturb, infest (mostly post-Aug.).
* Lit.: Scylla latus dextrum, laevum Charybdis infestant,Ov. M. 13, 730: eas insulas infestari beluis,Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205: morbis,id. 17, 24, 37, § 216: mari infestato latrociniis,Vell. 2, 73: vulnera et nimius calor et nimium frigus infestant,Cels. 5, 26, 6 fin.: hostem,Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16: sagittis infestari,id. ib. 2, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 71, 18; Lact. Epit. 59, 7.
* Transf., in gen., to attack, destroy, injure, impair: vinum minus infestat nervos,Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 39: aloë non infestat stomachum,id. 27, 4, 5, § 16: saporem,id. 15, 23, 25, § 92: fons amaritudine infestatur,id. 2, 103, 106, § 228: rem familiarem,to impair,Col. 1, 5, 7: animos,to destroy,id. 11, 1, 22: animam,Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 10.

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