faint (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Weary, exhausted1. dēfessus (wearied out)2. confectus (worn out, done up)3. languĭdus (drooping; temporarily exhausted)II. Of impressions upon the senses1. hĕbes, ĕtis (used of sight, hearing, smell, taste)2. languens, languĭdus3. surdus, rĕmissus4. dīlūtusIII. Timid, dispirited • faint (adj.): I. Weary, exhausted: 1. dēfessus (wearied out): f. with wounds, vulneribus d., Caes.: v. weary, exhausted. 2. confectus (worn out, done up): f. with toil and the journey, c. labore atque itinere, Cic.: v. worn out. 3. languĭdus (drooping; temporarily exhausted): f. with excess and want of sleep, vino vigiliisque l., Cic. Phr.: when I was f. with travelling, quum de via languerem, Cic.: Virg.: v. weary, fatigued. II. Of impressions upon the senses: 1. hĕbes, ĕtis (used of sight, hearing, smell, taste): a f. colour, h. color, Ov.: carbuncles of a f.er colour, carbunculi hebetiores, Plin: a grape hich has only a f. taste, uva gustu hebes, Col. 2. languens, languĭdus: a f. colour, languidus color, Plin. 3. surdus, rĕmissus: v. dull (I.). 4. dīlūtus: a f. red, rubor d., Plin. III. Timid, dispirited: dēmissus: a f. heart, animus d., Sall.: to be dispirited and f.-hearted, esse fracto animo et demisso; animo humili atque demisso, Cic. Phr.: to damn with f. praise, laudare maligne, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 209; exigue atque frigide laudare, Gell. 19, 3: their spirits grow f. again, animi relanguescunt, Caes.