flag (v.) Copy link Outline 1. languesco, ui, 3 (to lose energy)2. laxo, 1 (in pass. or with pron. refl.)3. refrīgesco, frixi, 3 (lit. to grow cold again; hence of matters which lose interest and life)4. frīgeo, 2 (denotes the actual state to which refrigesco implies a tendency) • flag (v.): 1. languesco, ui, 3 (to lose energy): there is no reason why their industry should f., non est cur eorum languescat industria, Cic. Sen. 9, 28: the mind f.s, mens l., Quint.: v. to languish. 2. laxo, 1 (in pass. or with pron. refl.): the whole body, as it were f.ing (becoming unstrung), toto corpore velut laxato, Petr. Sat. 128. 3. refrīgesco, frixi, 3 (lit. to grow cold again; hence of matters which lose interest and life): the preparations for war will f., belli apparatus refrigescent, Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30: the speech f.s, oratio r., Quint. 4, 3, 2: when law business begins to f. (slacken) in the forum at Rome, quum Romae a judiciis forum refrixerit, Cic. Att. 1, 1. 4. frīgeo, 2 (denotes the actual state to which refrigesco implies a tendency): conversation f.s, sermo f., Ter. Phr.: we ought not so to let our courage f., non debemus ita cadere animis, Cic. (v. DISCOURAGED, TO BE).