flag (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A bannerII. A water plant; the sweet f.1. ăcŏrus, i, f., and ăcŏrum, n.2. călămus, Cato; c. aromaticus, Plin.III. A flat stone • flag (subs.): I. A banner: vexillum: v. standard. II. A water plant; the sweet f.: 1. ăcŏrus, i, f., and ăcŏrum, n.: Plin. 2. călămus, Cato; c. aromaticus, Plin. III. A flat stone: Phr.: f.s for paving highways, *lapides plani et ad vias muniendas idonei: v. stone.
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).
FLAG Copy link • FLAG 1. v. TRANS., laxare: relaxare: remittere. INTRANS., laxari: relaxari: remitti: languescere: elanguescere: relanguescere (to become worn out, feeble, etc.): flaccescere (PROP., of sails; IMPROP., of an orator whose style becomes spiritless when he begins to write). Anybody’s courage flags, animus cadit: not to let one’s courage flag in any danger, nulli periculo animum submittere: to let one’s courage flag, animo demitti or se demittere; animum demittere or contrahere; animum contrahere et demittere; animum abjicere; animum despondere. 2. s. Of a ship, insigne (Caes., B.G., 2, 6): vexillum (used for giving the signal for attack; Vid: Nitsch, Alterthumskunde, vol. ii, p. 1172). To hoist up the flag, vexillum proponere: to strike (the flag), vexillum demittere, deducere. Of land forces [Vid: COLORS]. A plant, gladiolus (ξιφίον): *gladiolus communis (Linn.). A stone for paving (a side-path for foot-passengers), *lapis viae sternendae utilis (general term for any paving-stone).