lethargos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lethargus, lethargi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
drowsiness, lethargy, coma;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...animus; dementit enim deliraque fatur, inter dumque gravi lethargo fertur in altum aeternumque soporem oculis nutuque cadenti; unde..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...utitur pro Aufidia: "somnone te languidum an gravi lethargo putem pressum?", sed M. quoque tullius circa navarchos..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...potare diebus Campana solitus trulla vappamque profestis, quondam lethargo grandi est oppressus, ut heres iam circum loculos..."