prostrate (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits • prostrate (adj.): I. Lit.: expr. by verb: to lay p., sternere; to throw oneself p. on the ground, corpus humi prosternere (in Oriental fashion), Curt. 8, 5, ad init.: to lie p., jacēre: cf. Cic. Quint. 31, 96, quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus: v. to prostrate (I., II.). II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits: afflictus, fractus, dēbĭlĭtātus: v. to prostrate (III.). To lie p., jacēre: piety is vanquished and lies p., pietas victa jacet, Ov. Met. 1, 149: so with ref. to state of mind, Cic. Att. 7, 21 (Gnaeus noster totus jacet, is quite p.).