fit (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. accessio (any attack of disease)2. accessus, ūs (= accessio, but less freq.)3. impĕtus, ūs (a sudden and violent f.)4. dēfectio (a fainting f.)II. By anal., of anger or other passionsIII. Of a garment • fit (subs.): I. Lit.: a seizure by disease: 1. accessio (any attack of disease): Suet.: Cels.: Plin. 26, 11, 71: v. attack. 2. accessus, ūs (= accessio, but less freq.): Gell. 4, 2, ad fin.: Plin. 28, 4, 11. 3. impĕtus, ūs (a sudden and violent f.): a f. of the gout, i. podagrae, Plin. 28, 4, 9: to relieve a f. of fever, rheum, febris, pituitae i. tollere, Plin. 4. dēfectio (a fainting f.): a sudden fainting f., subita d., Suet. Cal. 50. Phr.: to have a f. of epilepsy, morbo comitiali corripi, Cels.: as a boy he was subject to epileptic f.s, puer comitiali morbo vexatus est, Suet. Cal. 50: when the (excruciating) f.s of his disease came on, quum faces admoverentur dolorum, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37. II. By anal., of anger or other passions: impĕtus, ūs: to kill a slave in a f. of passion, servum impetu et ira (= impetu irae) occidere, Tac. Ger. 25: Cic.: v. impulse. Phr.: to do any thing by f.s and starts, perh. *carptim ac temere agere; parum constanter aliquid facere: "'twas sad by f.s, by starts 'twas wild" (Gray), modo tristia, modo incondita furentis modo canebat. III. Of a garment: Phr.: a dress that is a good f., vestimentum apte factum, cf. Quint. 11, 3, 139.