ill, to be Copy link Outline 1. aegrōto, 12. expr. by morbus and a verb3. expr. by vălētūdo and a verb4. cŭbo, ui, ĭtum, 1 (to be confined to bed)5. jăceo, ui, 2 (like preced. • ill, to be: 1. aegrōto, 1: to be seriously, dangerously, ill, vehementer, graviter, gravissime aegrotare, Cic.; mortifere aegr., Plin. 2. expr. by morbus and a verb: to be seriously ill, ill of a fatal malady, m. gravi et mortifero affectum esse, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; morbo laborare, ib. Fin. 1, 18, 59 (fig.); mortifero m. urgeri, id. Fat. 9, 17; in m. esse, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9: v. disease (1). 3. expr. by vălētūdo and a verb: valetudine affectum esse, Caes. B. C. 1, 31; v. tentari, Cic. Att. 11, 23: v. illness. 4. cŭbo, ui, ĭtum, 1 (to be confined to bed): to be lying ill of indigestion, ex duritia alvi c., Suet. Ner. 34, fin.: Hor. 5. jăceo, ui, 2 (like preced.: rare and late): Julius Valens is seriously ill, J. Valens graviter j., Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 2: Tib.