cripple (subs.) Copy link • cripple (subs.): expr. by adj., with abl. of part affected: as (homo) claudus altero pede, Nep. v. crippled.
cripple (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To weaken, impair1. dēbĭlĭto, 12. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 that effeminate bringing up c.s all the sinews, both of mind and body, mollis illa educatio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis f., Quint.3. infringo, 34. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to cut partially, hack • cripple (v.): I. Lit.: to deprive of the use of limbs: aliquem claudum pedibus, cruribus facere, reddere: v. preced. art; and to disable, lame. In this sense chiefly as p. part.: v. foll. art. II. To weaken, impair: 1. dēbĭlĭto, 1: v. to enfeeble. 2. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 that effeminate bringing up c.s all the sinews, both of mind and body, mollis illa educatio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis f., Quint.: Cic. 3. infringo, 3: v. to impair. 4. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to cut partially, hack: hence esp. of military force, to break the strength of a nation: chiefly used in p. part.): although their strength was c.d, etsi res accisae sint, Liv.: Cic.
CRIPPLE Copy link • CRIPPLE 1. s. homo debilis (weak; the part being added; e.g., coxa, manibus pedibusque): claudus (lame): mancus (especially with reference to the right hand): homo mancus et omnibus membris captus ac debilis (with reference to all his limbs and extreme infirmity): homo mancus ac debilis (with reference to the right hand and general infirmity): homo claudus ac debilis (with reference to the feet and general infirmity): homo omnibus membris extortus et fractus (with all his limbs contracted): homo pravus et extortus (bent and crippled): To become a cripple, mancum et debilem or claudum ac debilem fieri: to make anybody a cripple; Vid: To CRIPPLE. 2. v. aliquem claudum, mancum or debilem facere [SYN. in CRIPPLE]: mancum ac debilem or claudum ac debilem facere: aliquem omnibus membris debilem facere (after Sen., Ep., 101, 11): clauditatem or claudicationem afferre (to lame). FIG., debilitare (to weaken): accidere (by curtailment, etc.; e.g., accisae res hostium, their power was crippled): frangere (to break down; courage, strength, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) frangere et comprimere, frangere et debilitare: delumbare (deprive of nerve, spirit, etc.; e.g., the expression of a thought. sententiam).