I.withered, wasted, shrunk, decayed, rotten (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “lilia marcida,” Ov. M. 10, 92: “aures,” Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137: “cicatrices, id. prooem. 23: stagna,” foul, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 280: “asseres vetustate marcidi fiunt,” Vitr. 2, 8, 20: “manus,” Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 ext.—
II. Transf., weak, feeble, languid, enervated, exhausted: “huc incede gradu marcidus ebrio,” Sen. Med. 69: “marcidus edomito bellum referebat ab Haemo Liber,” Stat. Th. 4, 652: “somno,” Plin. Pan. 63: “somno aut libidinosis vigiliis,” Tac. A. 6, 10; Plin. Pan. 63: sol, faint, pale, dull, Poët. ap. Diom. p. 445 P.: “senectus,” Val. Max. 7, 7, 4: “oculi libidine marcidi,” languishing, voluptuous, App. M. 3, p. 135, 34.
