ē-nervo Copy link Outline I. Prop.II. Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken ... ⓘēnervāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēnervātē: adverbial • ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews. I. Prop. (rare and post-class.): poplites securi, App. M. 8, p. 215: cerebella, Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7: enervatus Melampus, i. e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.— II. Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.): non plane me enervavit senectus, Cic. de Sen. 10, 32: corpora animosque, Liv. 23, 18: artus undis, Ov. M. 4, 286: vires, Hor. Epod. 8, 2: animos (citharae), Ov. R. Am. 753: orationem compositione verborum, Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.: corpus orationis, Petr. S. 2, 2: incendium belli (with contundere), Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly: enervati atque exsangues, Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12: philosophus (with mollis and languidus), id. de Or. 1, 52 fin.— Transf. of inanimate subjects: ratio et oratio (with mollis), id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.: muliebrisque sententia, id. ib. 2, 6: vita (with ignava), Gell. 19, 12 fin.: felicitas, Sen. Prov. 4 med.
ēnervō Copy link ⓘēnervāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēnervātē: adverbial • ēnervō, āvī, ātum, āre (e, nervus), tr., retirer les nerfs : Apul. M. 8, 30 || affaiblir, énerver, épuiser : Cic. CM 32 ; Rep. 1, 1 ; enervatur oratio Cic. Or. 229, on énerve le style.
enervo Copy link ⓘēnervāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēnervātē: adverbial ENERVO âre. [ἐκνευρίζω] Metaphora consueta est Debilitare, et veluti Neruos auferre, et contundere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
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.
ENERVATE Copy link • ENERVATEenervare (Liv.): debilitare (weaken): emollire (make soft and effeminate): nervos exsecare, elidere (Cic.): deliciis frangere aliquem: nervos omnes mentis ac corporis frangere (Quint.). Vid: ENFEEBLE.