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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=debilis debile, debilior -or -us, debilissimus -a -um ADJ :: weak/feeble/frail; crippled/disabled; wanting/deprived (competence); ineffective
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēbĭlis</b>: (old shortened form<br /><b>I</b> debil, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 331), e, adj. de-[[habilis]]; cf. Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12: lit. [[unmanageable]], [[wanting]] in [[flexibility]] or [[activity]]; [[hence]], [[lame]], [[disabled]], [[crippled]], [[infirm]], debilitated, [[feeble]], [[frail]], [[weak]], etc. For syn. cf.: [[imbecillus]], [[infirmus]], [[invalidus]] (freq. and class.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[personal]] subjects: debiles fieri, [[Cato]] R. R. 157, 10: si [[gladium]] imbecillo [[seni]] aut debili dederis, Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Phil. 8, 10, 31; Phaedr. 4, 2, 10: [[confectus]] senectute, [[mancus]] et membris omnibus [[captus]] ac [[debilis]], Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21; cf.: [[debilis]] manu, pede, [[coxa]], Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11; [[ille]] humero, hic lumbis, hic [[coxa]] [[debilis]], * Juv. 10, 227: plurimis stipendiis [[debilis]] [[miles]], Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104: integris debiles implicabantur, Curt. 4, 16, 11: amissis remis [[atque]] ordine [[debilis]] uno [[Sergestus]], Verg. A. 5, 271: claudi ac debiles equi, Liv. 21, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] subjects: membra metu, * Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 3; Sen. Contr. 5, 33; cf. debile [[fit]] [[corpus]], Lucr. 4, 952; 5, 830: [[manus]], Ov. M. 12, 106: [[crus]], * Suet. Vesp. 7: [[ferrum]], Verg. A. 12, 50: pennae, Ov. R. Am. 198: jugum, id. Pont. 3, 1, 68: [[umbra]], id. Tr. 3, 4, 20.—Poet.: [[iter]], i.e. of a wounded [[man]], Stat. Th. 12, 144.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[disabled]], [[weak]], in [[mind]], [[character]], [[authority]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[personal]] subjects: eos qui restitissent infirmos [[sine]] [[illo]] (sc. [[Catilina]]) ac debiles [[fore]] putabam, Cic. Cat. 3, 2: qui hac parte animi (sc. [[memoria]]) tam [[debilis]] esset, ut, etc., id. Brut. 61, 219: ingenio debilior, Tac. H. 4, 62; cf.: [[sine]] [[animo]] [[anima]] est [[debilis]], Att. ap. Non. 426, 48 (v. 296 Ribbeck).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] subjects: duo corpora esse reipublicae, unum debile, [[infirmo]] capite: alterum firmum [[sine]] capite, Cic. Mur. 25, 51: manca ac [[debilis]] [[praetura]], id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: [[manus]], [[sine]] quibus trunca esset [[actio]] ac [[debilis]], Quint. 11, 3, 85: [[inscitia]], * Pers. 5, 99.—Comp.<br /> v. [[supra]].—Sup. appears not to [[occur]].—* Adv., dēbĭlĭter, infirmly, lamely, [[feebly]]: lacrimis [[lingua]] [[debiliter]] stupet, Pac. ap. Non. 98, 18 (v. 355 Ribbeck).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēbĭlis</b>,¹¹ e (de, [[habilis]]), faible, impotent, [[infirme]], débile : Cic. Rab. perd. 21 ; Sest. 24 ; Phil. 8, 31 ; abs<sup>t</sup>] debiles Curt. 4, 16, 11, les invalides &#124;&#124; debile [[crus]] Suet. Vesp. 7, jambe paralysée ; [[debilis]] [[umbra]] Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 20, fantôme sans force ; debile carpit [[iter]] Stat. Th. 12, 144, il s’en va d’un pas chancelant &#124;&#124; [fig.] faible, impuissant : Cic. Br. 219 ; Cat. 3, 3 ; Tusc. 2, 13 ; Mil. 25 ; Mur. 51 &#124;&#124; debilior Tac. H. 4, 62 ; -issimus N. Tir.||debile [[crus]] Suet. Vesp. 7, jambe paralysée ; [[debilis]] [[umbra]] Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 20, fantôme sans force ; debile carpit [[iter]] Stat. Th. 12, 144, il s’en va d’un pas chancelant||[fig.] faible, impuissant : Cic. Br. 219 ; Cat. 3, 3 ; Tusc. 2, 13 ; Mil. 25 ; Mur. 51||debilior Tac. H. 4, 62 ; -issimus N. Tir.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēbilis, e, Adi. m. Compar. (urspr. dehibilis, aus de u. [[habilis]]), [[ungelenk]] [[durch]] [[Schwächung]], [[Lähmung]] [[oder]] [[Verstümmelung]], geschwächt, entnervt, [[entkräftet]] ([[invalid]]), [[schwächlich]], [[gebrechlich]], gelähmt, verkrüppelt (Ggstz. [[integer]], [[firmus]], [[validus]]), I) eig.: a) v. Gliedern [[des]] Körpers, v. [[Körper]] u. v. leb. [[Wesen]] [[selbst]]: [[crus]], Suet.: [[lingua]], Mart.: [[manus]], Ov.: membra, Sen.: pennae (Amoris), Ov.: [[corpus]] (Ggstz. [[corpus]] firmum), Cic.; u. (im Bilde) [[corpus]] [[rei]] publicae, Cic. – [[pater]], Sen. rhet.: [[Burrus]], Tac.: [[familia]] (Sklaven) [[debilis]], caeca, manca, Sen. rhet.: [[senex]] d., [[imbecillus]] [[senex]] [[aut]] d., Cic.: Q. [[Scaevola]] [[confectus]] senectute, [[praepeditus]] morbo, [[mancus]] et omnibus membris [[captus]] ac [[debilis]], Cic.: claudi ac debiles equi, Liv.: canterii debiles, Apul.: pueri pusilli [[numquam]] debiles fient, si etc., [[Cato]]: turn [[etiam]] illum debilem [[factum]], Cic.: liberos, si debiles monstrosique editi sunt, mergimus, Sen. – m. Abl. [[wodurch]]? membra metu debilia sunt, Ter.: plurimis stipendiis d. [[miles]], Plin.: [[mustela]] annis et senectā d., Phaedr. – m. Abl. [[woran]]? [[ille]] umero, [[hic]] lumbis, [[hic]] coxā d., Iuven.: [[hic]] fuit d. pedibus manibusque articulorum dolore, Aur. Vict.: amisso filio [[debilis]] pedibus [[factus]], Liv. epit.: debilem facito manu, debilem pede, coxā, Maecen. [[bei]] Sen. – m. ad (zu, [[für]]) u. Akk., ad mandata [[claudus]], [[caecus]], [[debilis]], Plaut. merc. 630: [[exercitus]] [[ille]] ad ea, [[quae]] sequebantur, discrimina [[haud]] [[dubie]] debilior (zu entnervt) [[futurus]] fuit, si hostem habuisset, Curt. 3, 1 (6), 39. – Subst., dēbilis, is, m., der Gebrechliche, der [[Krüppel]], [[debilis]] [[aut]] [[luscus]] (Ggstz. [[integer]] omnibus membris et [[illaesus]]), Sen.: delicati et formosi debiles ([[Verschnittene]]), Sen. rhet.: aegri ac debiles, Lact.: integris debiles implicabantur, Curt.: debilibus integritatem reddere, Lact. – b) v. a. Ggstdn.: [[ferrum]], kraftloses, Verg.: [[umbra]], haltloses, nichtiges [[Schattenbild]], Ov.: debile carpit [[iter]] (poet. st. [[debilis]] carpit [[iter]]), Stat. – II) übtr., geschwächt, [[schwach]], gelähmt, [[haltlos]], equites [[Romani]], quorum [[vires]] erant debiles, Cic.: mancam ac debilem praeturam futuram suam, Cic.: [[ita]] est [[utraque]] [[res]] [[sine]] altera [[debilis]] ([[einseitig]], [[ein]] [[Stückwerk]]), Cic.: u. so [[manus]], [[sine]] quibus trunca esset [[actio]] ac [[debilis]], Quint.: u. [[tamen]] [[sine]] rerum naturae cognitione trunca ac [[debilis]] [[medicina]] esset, Cels.: ut teneat vetitos [[inscitia]] [[debilis]] [[actus]], Pers. – v. Pers., tum, cum illum (Catilinam) exterminari volebam... [[eos]] [[qui]] restitissent infirmos [[sine]] [[illo]] ac debiles ([[ohnmächtig]] u. in ihren Unternehmungen gelähmt) [[fore]] putabam, Cic. – m. Abl. [[woran]]? [[qui]] hāc parte animi (= memoriā) [[tam]] [[debilis]] esset, ut ne in [[scripto]] [[quidem]] meminisset, [[quid]] [[paulo]] [[ante]] posuisset, Cic.: [[Claudius]] [[Sanctus]] [[dirus]] ore, ingenio debilior ([[noch]] [[mehr]] verwahrlost), Tac. – / Superl. debilissimus, [[Not]]. Tir. 7, 67<sup>b</sup>.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=debilis, e. ''adj''. ''c''. :: [[軟弱]]。[[劣]]。[[孱]]
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