enervate Copy link Outline 1. ēnervo, 1 (in Cic., to deprive of strength, as e. g. old age does, Sen. 10, 32)2. ēmollio, 4 (which also occurs in good sense3. mollio, 4 (oftener in good sense)4. frango, frēgi, fractum, 35. dēbĭlĭto, 1 • enervate: 1. ēnervo, 1 (in Cic., to deprive of strength, as e. g. old age does, Sen. 10, 32): to e. the body and mind (of the luxury of Capua), e. corpora animosque, Liv. 23, 18, med.: Ov.: Hor. Join: enervare atque remollire artus, Ov. M. 4, 286. (But Cic. often uses the p. part. enervatus in sense of enervated, emasculated: v. foll. art.) 2. ēmollio, 4 (which also occurs in good sense: v. to soften): fearing that the excessive pleasantness of the city should e. his army also, metuens ne suum quoque exercitum nimia urbis amoenitas emolliret, Liv. 27, 3: Tac. A. 11. 3. mollio, 4 (oftener in good sense): they (poets) e. our minds, molliunt nostros animos, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27 (where the ref. is to present weak feeling rather than permanent enervation). Join: animos virorum mollire et frangere, Plin. jun. 4. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3: that soft education utterly e.s both mind and body, mollis illa educatio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis f., Quint. 1, 2, 6: cf. supr. (3). 5. dēbĭlĭto, 1: v. to enfeeble. Phr.: utterly to e. (men), nervos omnes virtutis elidere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27.