enervis

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ē-nervis: e, adj. nervus,
I nerveless, enervated, weak, effeminate (rare and postAug., for enervatus; cf. enervo): corpus, Petr. poët. 119, 25: homo, Sen. Thyest. 176: compositio (with effeminata), Quint. 9, 4, 142; cf. orator (with solutus), Tac. Or. 18 fin.: et fluxum spectaculum, Plin. Pan. 33, 1; Val. Max. 6, 4, 2; 8, 8 init. al.—Adv.: enervĭter, weakly: blandus, August. cont. Faust. 22, 50.

ēnervis,¹³ e (e, nervus), sans nerf, languissant, faible, lâche, efféminé : Quint. 9, 4, 142 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 33, 1 ; Tac. D. 18.