drooping Copy link Outline I. Hanging down1. pendŭlus2. flaccĭdus (flabby)3. languĭdus (that has lost strength to keep erect)4. languens, ntis (like preced.)II. Fig. • drooping: I. Hanging down: 1. pendŭlus: d. dewlap, p. palearia, Ov. 2. flaccĭdus (flabby): d. ears, f. aures, Col. 3. languĭdus (that has lost strength to keep erect): d. sails, l. carbasa, Lucan. 4. languens, ntis (like preced.): d. ears of corn, l. aristae, Val. Fl. (But languens is also used as natural epithet of the hyacinth: Virg. Aen. 11, 69.) II. Fig.: of courage, spirits, etc.; Phr.: d. spirits, animus demissus, fractus, jacens (v. dejected): d. fortunes, inclinata fortuna [et prope jacens], Cic.