DROOP Copy link • DROOPTo sink downwards, se inclinare or inclinari (PROP.; and also figuratively; e.g., of fortune, res inclinatae, fortuna inclinata): demitti (e.g., of the head). To languish, lose life, spirit, etc., flaccere: flaccescere: languere: languescere (flaccet = languet, deficit, in Cic., only in Messala flaccet, for which he elsewhere has languet, is losing his spirit in the competition for the consulship; flaccescere of leaves, and IMPROP., of a spiritless discourse; languere of lore, strength, etc.): marcescere (of flowers, etc.): inclinari (to be bent down, e.g., paululum timore): jacere or afflictum jacere (to be in a depressed state; animus, virtutes, studia, etc.): his courage drooped, animo cecidit, concidit; animum dimisit.