marcidus
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
marcĭdus: a, um, adj. marceo,
I withered, wasted, shrunk, decayed, rotten (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: lilia marcida, Ov. M. 10, 92: aures, Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137: cicatrices, id. prooem. 23: stagna, foul, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 280: asseres vetustate marcidi fiunt, Vitr. 2, 8, 20: manus, Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 ext.—
II Transf., weak, feeble, languid, enervated, exhausted: huc incede gradu marcidus ebrio, Sen. Med. 69: marcidus edomito bellum referebat ab Haemo Liber, Stat. Th. 4, 652: somno, Plin. Pan. 63: somno aut libidinosis vigiliis, Tac. A. 6, 10; Plin. Pan. 63: sol, faint, pale, dull, Poët. ap. Diom. p. 445 P.: senectus, Val. Max. 7, 7, 4: oculi libidine marcidi, languishing, voluptuous, App. M. 3, p. 135, 34.
