• CRIPPLE

1. s. homo debilis (weak; the part being added; e.g., coxa, manibus pedibusque): claudus (lame): mancus (especially with reference to the right hand): homo mancus et omnibus membris captus ac debilis (with reference to all his limbs and extreme infirmity): homo mancus ac debilis (with reference to the right hand and general infirmity): homo claudus ac debilis (with reference to the feet and general infirmity): homo omnibus membris extortus et fractus (with all his limbs contracted): homo pravus et extortus (bent and crippled): To become a cripple, mancum et debilem or claudum ac debilem fieri: to make anybody a cripple; Vid: To CRIPPLE.

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• v. aliquem claudum, mancum or debilem facere [SYN. in CRIPPLE]: mancum ac debilem or claudum ac debilem facere: aliquem omnibus membris debilem facere (after Sen., Ep., 101, 11): clauditatem or claudicationem afferre (to lame).
• FIG., debilitare (to weaken): accidere (by curtailment, etc.; e.g., accisae res hostium, their power was crippled): frangere (to break down; courage, strength, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) frangere et comprimere, frangere et debilitare: delumbare (deprive of nerve, spirit, etc.; e.g., the expression of a thought. sententiam).