defessam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defessus, defessa, defessum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis (Elementary)
worn out, weary, exhausted, tired; weakened (L+S);
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →defetiscor, defetisci, defessus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
become exhausted/suffer exhaustion, grow weary/faint/tired/weak; lose heart;
acc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...diutinum puerperium et quam laboriosi nixus fuissent, puellamque defessam labore ac uigilia somnum capere cognouit, fabulari instituit prolixius..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...toga, somniavit Fortunam dicentem, stare se ante fores defessam, et nisi ocius reciperetur, cuicumque obvio praedae futuram. Vtque..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...appellando, principes maximis praemiis adficiendo, nulla onera iniungendo defessam tot adversis proeliis Galliam condicione parendi meliore facile..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multum diei processisset, tum Postumius integris legionibus defessam iam aciem hostium improuiso invadit. Itaque cum lassitudo ac volnera..."