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dē-sūdo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I.a. (mostly post-Aug.).
I. Neutr., to sweat greatly.
A. Lit., Cels. 6, 6, 29; Stat. Th. 3, 277.—
B. Trop., to exert or fatigue one's self: in his (sc. exercitationibus ingenii) desudans atque elaborans, *Cic. de Sen. 11, 38: “alio Marte,” Claud. B. Get. 280; cf. id. in Eutrop. 2, 602: “laboribus,” Vulg. Eccl. 2, 19.—
II. Act., to sweat out, exude.
A. Lit.: “balsama, Claud. Epithal. Pall. et Celer. 123: pestem in amnes,” id. in Rufin. 1, 304.—
B. Trop., to perform with exertion (qs. with sweating): “excubias militiae,” Sid. Ep. 6, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Old Testament, Ecclesiastes, 2.19
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.6
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