lifeless Copy link Outline II. Lit.1. ĭnănĭmus, ĭnănĭmātus2. exănĭmis., e; or -us, a, um (that has been deprived of life; the preced. words being used of things naturally without it3. expr. to be l., by vita carere, vitae expertem esseII. Fig.1. exsanguis, e2. frīgĭdus • lifeless: II. Lit.: 1. ĭnănĭmus, ĭnănĭmātus: v. inanimate. 2. exănĭmis., e; or -us, a, um (that has been deprived of life; the preced. words being used of things naturally without it: chiefly poet.): the dove fell l., columba decidit exanimis, Virg. Aen. 5, 517: but exanimum corpus, ib. 1, 484: Liv. 25, 34, ad fin. (exanimem): Tac. In same sense, less freq., exanimatus: Liv. 9, 1: Lucr. 3. expr. to be l., by vita carere, vitae expertem esse: v. without (to be). II. Fig.: 1. exsanguis, e: Join: aridum et exsangue [orationis genus], Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: exs. et attritus (lifeless and weak), Tac. Dial. 18. 2. frīgĭdus: v. flat, dull.
LIFELESS Copy link • LIFELESSNaturally without life, inanimus, inanimatus (opposed to animal: ☞ later forms are inanimis, inanimans, inanimalis); vita, or vita et sensu carens (without life and feeling): to be lifeless, inanimum esse; vita carere. That has lost life, exanimus; exanimis; exanimatus; exsanguis (without blood, dead); mortuus, exstinctus (dead): almost lifeless, exstincto or mortuo similis (like a dead person, PROP.) exanimatus, exsanguis (rather figuratively). FIG., Without power or vigor, exsanguis (e.g., of a speech).