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languidus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : languĭdus, a, um, adj.langueo
* Faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid (class.; cf.: lassus, fessus, fatigatus, defessus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: homines vino languidi,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.: vino vigiliisque languidus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31: pecus,id. Fin. 2, 13, 39: boves Collo trahentes languido,Hor. Epod. 2, 64.—Transf., of things: (oculi) languidi et torpentes,dull,Quint. 11, 3, 76; cf.: vultus non languidus,id. 11, 3, 159: flumen,sluggish,Hor. C. 2, 14, 17; so, aqua,Liv. 1, 4: ventus,gentle, mild;Ov. P. 2, 1, 2; cf. carbasa,hanging loose, not swelled out,Luc. 5, 421: color,pale,Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 43: ignis,id. 34, 8, 17, § 79: ictus venarum,id. 11, 37, 88, § 219: arbor piri,Pall. Febr. 25, 4; id. Novem. 7, 14.—Comp.: languidioribus nostris vallum scindere (hostes),Caes. B. G. 3, 5: folia languidiora,Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50: vina,i. e. more mellow,Hor. C. 3, 21, 8.
* Trop., faint, feeble, powerless, inactive, listless, of persons and things: senectus languida atque iners,Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: philosophus mollis, languidus, enervatus,id. de Or. 1, 52, 226: si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores,more sluggish,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16; cf.: nos etiam languidiores postea facti sumus,id. Phil. 8, 7, 21: illi beati, quos nullae futtiles laetitiae exultantes languidis liquefaciunt voluptatibus,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; Caes. B. G. 3, 5: esse remisso ac languido animo,id. B. C. 1, 21: languidiore credo studio in causa fuistis,Cic. Lig. 9, 28: oratio languidior,Quint. 4, 1, 67: auctoritas patrum,weak,Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121: Romani ... fessi lassique erant: tamen instructi intentique obviam procedebant. Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur,Sall. J. 53, 6: oculos ubi languida pressit quies,producing languor,Verg. A. 12, 908.—Sup. seems not to occur. —Hence, adv.: languĭdē, in a languid manner, faintly, feebly, slowly, languidly (class.): procedere,Col. 11, 1, 17: nutare,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53: agere,Petr. 98: palmae languide dulces,slightly,Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 34. —Comp.: languidius in opere versari,Caes. B. G. 7, 27: dictum languidius,more faintheartedly, spiritlessly,Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.— Sup. seems not to occur.
* Faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid (class.; cf.: lassus, fessus, fatigatus, defessus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: homines vino languidi,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.: vino vigiliisque languidus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31: pecus,id. Fin. 2, 13, 39: boves Collo trahentes languido,Hor. Epod. 2, 64.—Transf., of things: (oculi) languidi et torpentes,dull,Quint. 11, 3, 76; cf.: vultus non languidus,id. 11, 3, 159: flumen,sluggish,Hor. C. 2, 14, 17; so, aqua,Liv. 1, 4: ventus,gentle, mild;Ov. P. 2, 1, 2; cf. carbasa,hanging loose, not swelled out,Luc. 5, 421: color,pale,Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 43: ignis,id. 34, 8, 17, § 79: ictus venarum,id. 11, 37, 88, § 219: arbor piri,Pall. Febr. 25, 4; id. Novem. 7, 14.—Comp.: languidioribus nostris vallum scindere (hostes),Caes. B. G. 3, 5: folia languidiora,Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50: vina,i. e. more mellow,Hor. C. 3, 21, 8.
* Trop., faint, feeble, powerless, inactive, listless, of persons and things: senectus languida atque iners,Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: philosophus mollis, languidus, enervatus,id. de Or. 1, 52, 226: si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores,more sluggish,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16; cf.: nos etiam languidiores postea facti sumus,id. Phil. 8, 7, 21: illi beati, quos nullae futtiles laetitiae exultantes languidis liquefaciunt voluptatibus,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; Caes. B. G. 3, 5: esse remisso ac languido animo,id. B. C. 1, 21: languidiore credo studio in causa fuistis,Cic. Lig. 9, 28: oratio languidior,Quint. 4, 1, 67: auctoritas patrum,weak,Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121: Romani ... fessi lassique erant: tamen instructi intentique obviam procedebant. Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur,Sall. J. 53, 6: oculos ubi languida pressit quies,producing languor,Verg. A. 12, 908.—Sup. seems not to occur. —Hence, adv.: languĭdē, in a languid manner, faintly, feebly, slowly, languidly (class.): procedere,Col. 11, 1, 17: nutare,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53: agere,Petr. 98: palmae languide dulces,slightly,Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 34. —Comp.: languidius in opere versari,Caes. B. G. 7, 27: dictum languidius,more faintheartedly, spiritlessly,Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.— Sup. seems not to occur.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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