feebleness Copy link Outline 1. infirmĭtas (any condition short of strength and vigour)2. imbēcillĭtas (positive weakness, esp. of body3. dēbĭlĭtas (usu. implying loss of the use of the body or of some part of it • feebleness: 1. infirmĭtas (any condition short of strength and vigour): f. of health, inf. valetudinis, Cic.; of sight, oculorum, Plin. jun.: v. weakness. 2. imbēcillĭtas (positive weakness, esp. of body: for syn., v. feeble): the f. and frailty of the human race, humani generis im. fragilitasque, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: v. weak. 3. dēbĭlĭtas (usu. implying loss of the use of the body or of some part of it: cf. Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9: Tac. H. 1, 9): to rid oneself of all kinds of pain, disease, f., a se dolores, morbos, debilitates repellere, Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 20: f. of mind, d. animi, Cic. (N.B. Invaletudo is ill-health, Cic. Att. 7, 2, init.). Phr.: f. of sight, obscuritas oculorum, Plin. 37, 3, 12, fin.: it is a mark of f. of mind, animi est infirmi, Cic. (v. feeble).