frail (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. frăgĭlis, e2. cădūcus (apt to fall and fade away)3. infirmus, imbēcillus, etc.4. obnoxius (subject to something else; dependent) • frail (adj.): 1. frăgĭlis, e: an immortal soul animates a f. body, f. corpus animus sempiternus movet, Cic. Rep. 6, 24: the glory of riches and beauty is fleeting and f., divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa et fr. est, Sall. Cat. 1. 2. cădūcus (apt to fall and fade away): a f. and weak body, corpus c. et infirmum, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98. Join: fragilis et caducus, Cic. Am. 27, 102. 3. infirmus, imbēcillus, etc.: v. feeble. 4. obnoxius (subject to something else; dependent): a free soul dwells in this f. tenement, in hoc ob. domicilio, animus liber habitat, Sen. Ep. 65, 22: Plin.