defetiscor

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-fĕtiscor: (in MSS. sometimes defatiscor), fessus, 3,
I v. dep. n., to become tired or wearied; to grow weary, faint; to be exhausted. (For syn. v. defatigo. As a verb. fin. ante-class. and rare, but class. and freq. in the part. perf.): neque defetiscar experirier, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 23; so with inf.: ego sum defessus reperire, vos defessi quaerere, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 54 sq. (for which, sum defessus quaeritando, id. Am. 4, 1, 6); id. Ep. 2, 2, 13; id. Merc. 4, 5, 3; Lucr. 5, 1145: non si quid malae pugnae acciderit, defetiscendum, Front. B. Parth.: ego vapulando, ille verberando usque ambo defessi sumus, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 5; so, defessus with abl. gerund., id. ib. 4, 6, 1; id. Eun. 5, 7, 7; Afran. ap. Non. 392, 20; Ov. M. 9, 198; cf.: aggerunda aqua defessi, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 14.—With abl. nominis: diuturnitate pugnae defessi, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3; cf. the foll.: defessus totius diei labore, id. ib. 7, 88, 7; cf. id. B. C. 1, 65 fin.: vulneribus, id. B. G. 1, 25, 5: cultu agrorum, Cic. Agr. 2, 32 fin.: forensibus negotiis atque urbano opere, id. de Or. 2, 6, 23; 2, 57 fin.: convicio (aures), id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.: semperque ipsi recentes defessis succederent, Caes. B. G. 7, 25; so opp. recens or integer, id. ib. 7, 41, 2; id. B. C. 1, 45, 7; 3, 94, 2; Cic. de Or. 3, 36 fin.: defessi Aeneadae, Verg. A. 1, 157; cf. ib. 2, 285; 565: defessus omnibus medullis, Catul. 55, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 54.—
II Transf., of things: arbores defatiscentes, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 10: ita defessa ac refrigerata accusatio, weakened, Cic. Verr. 1, 10 fin.; cf. oratio, id. ib. 1, 10, 31: orant defessis subeant rebus, i. e. afflictis, Sil. 1, 566.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēfĕtīscor¹¹ ou dēfătīscor, fessus sum, fĕtīscī, intr. (de, fatiscor),
1 se fatiguer : neque defetiscar experirier Ter. Phorm. 589, je ne me lasserai pas d’essayer, cf. Gaffiot, 1929a, p. 219
2 [surt. employé aux temps du pf.] être las, fatigué, épuisé ; [avec inf.] ne plus pouvoir : Pl. Epid. 719 ; Merc. 805 ; Lucr. 5, 1145