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|lshtext=<b>flaccĕo</b>: ēre, v. n. [[flaccus]],<br /><b>I</b> to be [[flabby]] or [[flaccid]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[post]]-[[class]].): aures pendulae [[atque]] flaccentes, Lact. Opif. D. 8, 8. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to be [[faint]], [[languid]], [[weak]]; to [[flag]], [[droop]]: flaccet, languet, [[deficit]], Non. 110, 10 ([[mostly]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): sceptra flaccent, Att. ap. Non. 110, 12: flaccet [[fortitudo]]. Afran. ib. 13: [[sin]] flaccebunt condiciones, Enn. ap. Non. 110, 14 (Trag. v. 401 ed. Vahl.): [[oratio]] vestra rebus flaccet, spiritu viget, App. Apol. p. 290: [[Messala]] flaccet, flags, loses [[courage]], * Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 4 (cf.: [[Messala]] languet, id. Att. 4, 15, 7): erunt irrigua ejus flaccentia, i. e. dried up, Vulg. Isa. 19, 10.
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|gf=<b>flaccĕō</b>,¹⁶ ēre ([[flaccus]]), intr., être mou : aures flaccentes Lact. Opif. 8, 8, oreilles pendantes || [fig.] être amolli, sans ressort : Cic. Q. 2, 14, 4. pf. -[[cui]] Prisc. Gramm. 9, 48.
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