aegrotus
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aegrōtus: a, um, adj. aeger,
I ill, sick, diseased (in Cic. rare).
I Prop., of the body: facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur, Cic. Att. 9, 10; id. Fam. 9, 14: cum te aegrotum non videam, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 2, 2; ib. Ezech. 34, 4: corpus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48: leo, id. ib. 1, 1, 73 al.—
II Trop., of the mind: omnibus amicis morbum inicies gravem, ita ut te videre audireque aegroti sient, sick of seeing and hearing you, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 39 (for the constr. of the inf. here, v. Roby, II. § 1360 sq.): animus, Att. ap. Non. 469, 23; Ter. And. 1, 2, 22; 3, 3, 27; Cic. Tusc. 3, 4.—So of the state: hoc remedium est aegrotae et prope desperatae rei publicae, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ægrōtus,¹³ a, um [ni compar. ni sup.], malade : Cic. Tusc. 3, 12 ; Att. 8, 16, 1, etc. || [substt] ægrotus, ī, m., un malade : Cic. Phil. 1, 11 ; Div. 2, 13 ; Nat. 3, 69, etc. || [en parl. de l’âme] Ter. Andr. 559 ; Haut. 100 ; [avec inf.] ut te videre audireque ægroti sient Pl. Trin. 76, au point qu’ils souffrent de te voir et de t’entendre.
