enfeeble Copy link Outline 1. expr. by compar. of adj. and facio, reddo2. dēbĭlĭto, 13. infirmo, 14. ēnervo, 15. lăbĕfacto, 1 • enfeeble: 1. expr. by compar. of adj. and facio, reddo: that (old age) e.s the body, quod corpus faciat infirmius, Cic. Sen. 5, 15: v. feeble. 2. dēbĭlĭto, 1: terror e.s the limbs, terror membra d., Hirt.: but the word is stronger than the Eng., meaning to reduce to a state of powerlessness: cf. Cic. Marc. 3, 8: "nulla est tanta vis quae non ferro ac viribus debilitari frangique possit:" (fortune) if she has not extinguished (my powers) has yet greatly e.d them, ut non extinxerit, debilitavit tamen, Quint. proem. lib. 6, 15. 3. infirmo, 1: v. to weaken. 4. ēnervo, 1: old age has not altogether e.d or prostrated me, non plane me enervavit nec afflixit senectus, Cic. Sen. 10, 32. 5. lăbĕfacto, 1: v. to shake, undermine. Phr.: to become e.d with age, consenescere atque deficere, Cic. Sen. 9, 29: I am afraid the orator must be e.d by old age, orator, metuo, ne languescat senectute, Cic. Sen. 9, 28.
ENFEEBLE Copy link • ENFEEBLEinfirmare (general term for weakening): enervare (take out the sinews; also IMPROP., enervare animos, etc. Livy uses a velut; velut enervata civitas): debilitare (weaken): attenuare: minuere: comminuere: imminuere (IMPROP., to weaken, to lessen): frangere (to break anything down, take away all its strength and spirit, IMPROP.): labefactare (to lessen the authority of anything; e.g., legem): diluere (to take away the strength of a proof or charge; e.g., confirmationem adversarii): atterere (PROP., to rub off; to weaken an enemy’s forces, resources, etc.). To enfeeble the mind, animum debilitare, comminuere. ENFEEBLED, by the participle of the verbs given above; also effetus (by over-bearing; then, also, generally: e.g., corpus): enectus (by hunger, suffering of body, etc.): exhaustus (enfeeble in its resources; of a state): attritus (by loss of men, money, etc.; of a state): Vid: WEAKEN.