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ē-languesco , gui, 3,
I.v. inch. n., to grow faint, feeble, to slacken, relax (not ante-Aug.): “ut elanguescendum aliena ignavia esset,” Liv. 1, 46, 7; so in the praes., id. 35, 45; Vell. 2, 111 fin.; Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91; Sil. 4, 140 al.—In the perf.: “elanguimus, patres conscripti, nec jam ille senatus sumus qui, etc.,” Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.; Suet. Galb. 1: “differendo deinde elanguit res,” Liv. 5, 26, 3; cf.: “neque tamen elanguit cura hominum eā morā,” id. 23, 23, 8; so Gell. 16, 3, 2; Val. Fl. 4, 572.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.42
    • Suetonius, Galba, 1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.91
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 26.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 45
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 46.7
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.572
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.3.2
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