sickness Copy link Outline I. The state of being sick1. nausĕa (prop. sea-s.2. vŏmĭtus, ūs, m.II. State of being ill1. morbus (disease of body or mind)2. vălētūdo3. aegrōtātio (both of body and mind)4. aegrĭtūdo (only fig. of the mind in the best writers • sickness: I. The state of being sick: 1. nausĕa (prop. sea-s.: also denoting s. in general): overloadings of the stomach which cause s., cruditates, quae n. faciunt, Plin. 26, 11, 69: to check s., n. coercere, Hor. Epod. 9, 35: Sen. 2. vŏmĭtus, ūs, m.: v. vomiting. II. State of being ill: disease, illness, both of body and mind: 1. morbus (disease of body or mind): v. illness. Fig.: of the mind: s. and lust of the mind, m. et cupiditas (animi), Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 91. 2. vălētūdo: denoting state of health in general: hence in present sense usu. with an adj.: e. g. incommoda, adversa valetudo: v. health, illness. 3. aegrōtātio (both of body and mind): when the blood is impure, diseases and s.s are produced, cum sanguis corruptus est morbi aegrotationesque nascuntur, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23. Fig.: in the mind we can only separate disease from s. by thought, in animo tantummodo cogitatione possumus morbum ab aegrotatione sejungere, ib. 4, 13, 29. 4. aegrĭtūdo (only fig. of the mind in the best writers: later of bodily s.): s. of the body, ae. corporis, Curt. 3, 5: worn out by s., fessus aegritudine, Tac. A. 2, 29. Fig.: they have called trouble, anxiety, and grief, s. (of the mind), molestiam, sollicitudinem, angorem, ae. nominaverunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22. For various phrr. see also disease.