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|lshtext=<b>aegrōtus</b>: a, um, adj. [[aeger]],<br /><b>I</b> [[ill]], [[sick]], [[diseased]] (in Cic. [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop., of the [[body]]: [[facile]] omnes, cum valemus, [[recta]] consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: [[aegroto]], dum [[anima]] est, [[spes]] esse dicitur, Cic. Att. 9, 10; id. Fam. 9, 14: cum te aegrotum non videam, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 2, 2; ib. Ezech. 34, 4: [[corpus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48: leo, id. ib. 1, 1, 73 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of the [[mind]]: omnibus amicis morbum inicies gravem, ita ut te videre audireque aegroti sient, [[sick]] of [[seeing]] and [[hearing]] [[you]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 39 (for the constr. of the inf. here, v. Roby, II. § 1360 sq.): [[animus]], Att. ap. Non. 469, 23; Ter. And. 1, 2, 22; 3, 3, 27; Cic. Tusc. 3, 4.—So of the [[state]]: hoc [[remedium]] est aegrotae et [[prope]] desperatae rei publicae, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70.
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