dim (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. hĕbĕs, ĕtis (both in act. and pass. sense)2. obscūrus (only in pass. sense)3. languĭdus • dim (adj.): 1. hĕbĕs, ĕtis (both in act. and pass. sense): an eye naturally d., oculus natura h., Plin.: a d. torch, h. lampas, Stat.: v. dull. 2. obscūrus (only in pass. sense): a d. light, lux obs., Liv.; lumen obs., Sall.: v. obscure, dark. 3. languĭdus: d. lights, l. lumina, Plin. Phr.: to be d.: (1) hĕbeo, 2: the planet Venus is d.: Veneris sidus hebet, Lucan.: Val. Fl. (2) langueo, 2 (poet.): the (moon) beam is d. and cloudy, nimbosum languet jubar, Stat.: Prop.: to become d., (1) hĕbesco, 3: the heavenly bodies grow d., hebescunt sidera, Tac.: fig. of the eye of the mind, hebescit acies mentis, Cic. (2) hĕbĕtor, 1: v. to dim. (3) hĕbĕtesco, 3 (late and rare): Plin. (4) languesco, 3: the moon seemed suddenly to grow d., luna repente visa languescere, Tac. (where, however, the reference is to an eclipse): the eyes grow d. in death, languescunt lumina morte, Cat. (5) obscūror, 1: v. to dim. To make d., hĕbĕto, 1: v. foll. art.