illness Copy link Outline 1. morbus (the complaint itself; whereas the foll. synn. denote the state of health)2. vălētūdo3. invălētūdo (extr. rare)4. aegrōtātio • illness: 1. morbus (the complaint itself; whereas the foll. synn. denote the state of health): v. disease. 2. vălētūdo: to avail oneself of the excuse of i., valetudinis excusatione uti, Cic. in Pis. 6, 13: long and obstinate i., longa et pervicax v., Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 1: more fully, gravitas valetudinis, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, init. (N.B.--Valetudo is a vox media, and must be used with caution: v. health.) 3. invălētūdo (extr. rare): Cic. Att. 7, 2, 2. 4. aegrōtātio: as i. in the body, so is grief in the mind, ut aeg. in corpore, sic aegritudo in animo, Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.