I.to be ill, sick.
I. Lit., of men and brutes: “vehementer diuque,” Cic. Clu. 62: “gravissime aegrotans,” id. Fin. 2, 13: “graviter,” id. Tusc. 1, 35: “leviter,” id. Off. 1, 24: “periculose,” id. Att. 8, 2: “aegrotavit usque ad mortem,” Vulg. Isa. 38, 1: “aegrotare timenti,” Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 4: “morbo,” id. S. 1, 6, 30: “aegrotare coepit,” Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 6: “quia armentum aegrotet in agris,” Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 6.—Of plants: “(vites) aegrotant,” Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226: “aegrotant poma ipsa per se sine arbore,” id. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
II. Fig.
A. Of the mind: “ea res, ex qua animus aegrotat,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: “aegrotare animi vitio,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 307.—
B. Of other abstr. things, to languish, etc. (cf. jaceo): “in te aegrotant artes,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 34; 1, 1, 8: languent officia, atque aegrotat fama vacillans, duties are neglected, reputation sickens and staggers, * Lucr. 4, 1124.
