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Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

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|gf=<b>flaccēscō</b> <b>(-cīscō</b> Pacuv. 77 <b>)</b>, ĕre, intr., devenir mou, se faner, se dessécher : Col. Rust. 12, 7, 4 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 9, 2 || [fig.] devenir languissant, perdre son énergie : flucti flacciscunt Pacuv. 77, les flots s’affaissent ; flaccescebat [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 93, le discours s’affaissait (devenait languissant).
|gf=<b>flaccēscō</b> <b>(-cīscō</b> Pacuv. 77 <b>)</b>, ĕre, intr., devenir mou, se faner, se dessécher : Col. Rust. 12, 7, 4 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 9, 2 &#124;&#124; [fig.] devenir languissant, perdre son énergie : flucti flacciscunt Pacuv. 77, les flots s’affaissent ; flaccescebat [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 93, le discours s’affaissait (devenait languissant).||[fig.] devenir languissant, perdre son énergie : flucti flacciscunt Pacuv. 77, les flots s’affaissent ; flaccescebat [[oratio]] Cic. Br. 93, le discours s’affaissait (devenait languissant).
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Revision as of 07:26, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

flaccesco: (ante-class. also flaccisco), flaccŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to wilt, wither, dry up (cf. tabesco).
I Lit.: faeniculum cum legeris, sub tecto exponito, dum flaccescat, Col. 12, 7, 4: flaccescente fronde, Vitr. 2, 9, 2: stercus cum flaccuit, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. —
II Trop., to become faint or feeble, to droop, languish: flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, Pac. ap. Non. 488, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 77 ed. Rib.): flaccescebat oratio, * Cic. Brut. 24, 93: flaccescentes voluptates, Arn. 4, 142: ad numerum cymbalorum mollita indignatione flaccescunt, i. e. become mild, softened, id. 7, 237.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

flaccēscō (-cīscō Pacuv. 77 ), ĕre, intr., devenir mou, se faner, se dessécher : Col. Rust. 12, 7, 4 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 9, 2 || [fig.] devenir languissant, perdre son énergie : flucti flacciscunt Pacuv. 77, les flots s’affaissent ; flaccescebat oratio Cic. Br. 93, le discours s’affaissait (devenait languissant).