sick (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Affected with vomiting1. vŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 32. nauseo, 1 (to feel squeamish)II. Fig., also usu. with verb to be1. taedet, duit, or pertaesum est, 2 (with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of thing)2. fastīdio, 4 (to feel disgust at, to loathe)3. nauseo, 1III. S. of body or mind1. aeger, gra, grum (used both of the body and the mind)2. aegrōtus (of the body, rarely fig.) • sick (adj.): I. Affected with vomiting: usu. with v. to be. 1. vŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 3: to be s. after food, v. post cibum, Cels. 1, 3, ad fin.: Cic. 2. nauseo, 1 (to feel squeamish): to belch and be s., ructare et n., id. Fam. 12, 25, 2: cf. id. Phil. 2, 34, 84 (quidlibet, modo ne nauseet, faciat): see also to vomit. II. Fig., also usu. with verb to be: to be s. of, disgusted at: 1. taedet, duit, or pertaesum est, 2 (with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of thing): I am going in, I am s. of your conversation, abeo intro, taedet sermonis tui, Pl. Cas. 1, 54: I am s. of hearing the same things a thousand times, t. jam audire eadem millies, Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 2: I was quite s. of his conversation, me sermonis pertaesum est, Pl. Most. 1, 4, 4: I am s. of this levity, pertaesum est me levitatis, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2. 2. fastīdio, 4 (to feel disgust at, to loathe): v. to loathe. 3. nauseo, 1: to be s. of any one's chattering, effutientem aliquem n., id. N. D. 1, 30, 84: cf. Phaedr. 4, 7, 25. See also tired of, weary. III. S. of body or mind: 1. aeger, gra, grum (used both of the body and the mind): v. ill. Fig.: a mind s. with anxiety, animus aeger curis, Virg. Aen. 1, 208: a mind s. with love, animus ae. amore, Liv. 30, 11. 2. aegrōtus (of the body, rarely fig.): we all give good advice to s. people when we are in good health, omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 9: whilst a s. man has life there is said to be hope, aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur, Cic. Att. 9, 10. Fig.: this is the remedy for a state which is s. and almost given up by the doctors, hoc remedium est aegrotae et prope desperatae reipublicae, id. Div. Verr. 21, 70.