weak Copy link Outline 1. infirmus (opp. to firmus, validus, fortis; w. in body, mind, or resources; used both of persons and of things)2. dēbĭlis, e (unready, useless, w. from defects)3. imbĕcillus (inwardly and essentially w.)4. invălĭdus (having but little strength5. languĭdus (faint, sluggish; it describes the effect of weakness)6. confectus (made w., by weariness, etc.)7. fractus (broken)8. ēnervātus (nerveless, utterly w.)9. aeger, ra, rum (poetical; feeble as with disease)10. lĕvis, e (w. where weight implies strength)11. tĕnuis, e (thin, and so fig. slender, w.)12. exīlis, e (thin)13. exĭguus (scanty, w., where number or fulness makes strength)14. hĕbes, ĕtis (w. where keenness is strength) • weak: 1. infirmus (opp. to firmus, validus, fortis; w. in body, mind, or resources; used both of persons and of things): I am very w., sum admodum infirmus, Cic. Acad. 1, 4, 14: w. health, infirma valetudo, id. Brut. 48, 180: a feeble and w. mind, tenuis atque i. animus, Caes. B. C. 1, 32: a w. state, i. civitas, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: w. securities, i. cautiones, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1. 2. dēbĭlis, e (unready, useless, w. from defects): were you to give a sword to a helpless or w. old man, si gladium imbecillo seni aut debili dederis, Cic. Sest. 10, 24: one is w. in the shoulder, one in the loins, one in the hip, ille humero, hic lumbis, hic coxa debilis, Juv. 10, 227: who would be so w. in this part of his mind? qui hac parte animi tam debilis esset? Cic. Brut. 61, 219: a praetorship disabled and w., manca et debilis praetura, id. Mil. 9, 25. 3. imbĕcillus (inwardly and essentially w.): a w. man is torn to pieces by a strong beast, homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: the medicine is weaker than the disease, imbecillior est medicina quam morbus, Cic. Att. 10, 14, 2: a w. mind, i. animus, id. Div. 2, 60, 125. 4. invălĭdus (having but little strength: opp. to validus, robustus): Camillus now through old age w. for bodily service, Camillus jam ad munera corporis senecta invalidus, Liv. 6, 8: walls w. against assailants, moenia adversus irrumpentes invalida, Tac. A. 12, 16. 5. languĭdus (faint, sluggish; it describes the effect of weakness): w. with wine and wakeful orgies, vino vigiliisque languidus, Cic. Verr. 3, 12, 31: a w. stream, l. aqua, Liv. 1, 4: a w. and enervated philosopher, l. et enervatus philosophus, Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226. 6. confectus (made w., by weariness, etc.): wearied and w., fessi confectique, Liv. 1, 23, fin. 7. fractus (broken): our age now is so w., jamque adeo fracta est aetas, Lucr. 2, 1151: what is so w., so petty? quid est tam fractum, tam minutum? Cic. Brut. 83, 287. 8. ēnervātus (nerveless, utterly w.): w. men, homines enervati, Cic. Sest. 10, 24: a w. and womanish opinion, enervata muliebrisque sententia, id. Tusc. 2, 6, 15: a soft and w. philosophy, mollis et e. ratio, ib. 4, 17, 38. 9. aeger, ra, rum (poetical; feeble as with disease): w. mortals, mortales aegri, Virg. Aen. 2, 268: you prolong w. hopes (hopes that have no healthy strength and must fall), spes extenditis aegras, Sil. 9, 543. 10. lĕvis, e (w. where weight implies strength): you seek other (arguments) worthless and w., alia quaedam inania et levia conquiris, Cic. Planc. 26, 63: a thing that is w. and of no validity, quod leve et infirmum est, id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6. 11. tĕnuis, e (thin, and so fig. slender, w.): a w. constitution, tenuis valetudo, id. de Sen. 11, 35: a vain and w. hope, inanis et tenuis spes, id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43. 12. exīlis, e (thin): a w. voice, exilis vox, Quint. 11, 3, 15. 13. exĭguus (scanty, w., where number or fulness makes strength): w. forces, exiguae copiae, Caes. B. C. 2, 39: a strong or w. voice, vox grandis aut exigua, Quint. 11, 3, 15. 14. hĕbes, ĕtis (w. where keenness is strength): both eyes being naturally w., utroque oculo natura hebete, Plin. 9, 15, 20: the senses they thought w. and slow, sensus hebetes et tardos arbitrabantur, Cic. Acad. 1, 8, 31. Phr.: weaker in ships, inferior navibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: the weaker in the long contest, minor in certamine longo, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 35: to be w.: languere, parum valere: to grow w., deficere (to fail): to attack any one's w. side, *nudum latus invadere: in his letters he attacks his sister and his mother on their w. side, epistolis et sororis et matris imbecillitatem aucupatur, Cic. Flacc. 37, 92.