μαλακίζομαι πρὸς τὸν θάνατον → meet death like a weakling
contāges: is, f. id.,I contact, touch (Lucretian), Lucr. 3, 734; 4, 337; in plur., id. 6, 280 and 1242.
contāgēs,¹⁴ is, f. (contingo), contact : Lucr. 4, 334
