faint (v.) Copy link Outline I. To be fatiguedII. To swoon1. collābor, lapsus, 32. intermŏrior, mortuus, 33. linquor, lictus, 3 (either alone or with animo) • faint (v.): I. To be fatigued: dēfĕtiscor (rare except in p. part. dēfessus), langueo: v. weary, to be. II. To swoon: 1. collābor, lapsus, 3: v. to swoon. 2. intermŏrior, mortuus, 3: having f.'d away while in the act of speaking, he expired soon after, in ipsa contione intermortuus, paulo post exspiravit, Liv.: Caes. 3. linquor, lictus, 3 (either alone or with animo): I f. and fall into the arms of the maidservants, linquor et ancillis excipienda cado, Ov.: Suet.