flaccesco
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
flaccesco flaccescere, flaccui, - V INTRANS :: begin to flag, become flabby
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).
Latin > German (Georges)
flaccēsco (flaccīsco), ere (Inch. v. flacceo), I) welk-, schlapp werden, dum flaccescat (feniculum), Col. 12, 7, 4: flaccescente fronde, Vitr. 2, 9, 2. – Varro r. r. 1, 13, 4 liest Keil (Observv. crit. in Cat. et Varro de r. r. libros p. 46) mit Scaliger quod enim confracuit. – II) ermatten, erschlaffen, interea loci flucti flacciscunt, Pacuv. tr. 77: flaccescebat oratio, Cic.: flaccescentes voluptates, Arnob.
