enervo
enervo, to enervate, weaken, make effeminate, deprive of vigor
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enervans present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of enervo
ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews.
- I Prop. (rare and post-class.): poplites securi, Ap. Met. 8, 30, 11; cerebella, Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7: enervatus Melampus, i.e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.—
- II Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.): non plane me enervavit senectus, Cic. de Sen. 10, 32: corpora animosque, Liv. 23, 18: artus undis, Ov. M. 4, 286: vires, Hor. Epod. 8, 2: animos (citharae), Ov. R. Am. 753: orationem compositione verborum, Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.: corpus orationis, Petr. S. 2, 2: incendium belli (with contundere), Cic. Rep. 1, 1.
- —Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly: enervati atque exsangues, Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12 (not found): philosophus (with mollis and languidus), id. de Or. 1, 52 fin.— Transf. of inanimate subjects: ratio et oratio (with mollis), id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.: muliebrisque sententia, id. ib. 2, 6: vita (with ignava), Gell. 19, 12 fin.: felicitas, Sen. Prov. 4 med.
ēnervo, āvī, ātum, āre (enervis), I) die Nerven herausnehmen, der Nerven entledigen, entnerven, Apul. u. Apic.: poet., enervatus Melampus, kastriert, Claud. – II) übtr., entnerven = entkräften, lähmen, schwächen, alqm, v. Alter, Cic., v. Schlaf, Wein usw., Liv.: bellum, Liv.: vires quid enervet meas, Hor.: enervatus amore animus, Vell.: ut enervetur oratio compositione verborum, Cic.
See: enervare
ēnervō, (12) āvī, ātum, āre (e, nervus), tr., retirer les nerfs : Apul. M. 8, 30 || affaiblir, énerver, épuiser : Cic. CM 32 ; Rep. 1, 1 ; enervatur oratio Cic. Or. 229, on énerve le style.
- 1. de pezen doorsnijden van (m. acc.) [poplites];
- 2. (metaf.) verlammen, krachteloos maken; — ppp. ēnervātus, a, um krachteloos, zwak, mat [civitas; oratio].
ēnervō āvī, ātus, āre
- ex + nervus, to enervate, weaken, make effeminate, deprive of vigor: me enervavit senectus: epulae enervaverunt corpora, L.: undis artūs, O.: vires, H.: ut enervetur oratio compositione verborum.