dē-fătīgo or dē-fĕtīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to weary out, tire a person; to fatigue; to exhaust. (For syn. cf.: fatigo, fessus, lassus, langueo, languidus, defessus. —Freq. and class.)
I Lit.
α Act. : cum crebro integri defessis succederent nostrosque assiduo labore defatigarent, Caes. B. G. 7, 41, 2; cf.: exercitum Pompeii quotidianis itineribus, id. B. C. 3, 85, 2; Suet. Caes. 65 et saep.: se, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2; Ter. Ad. 519.—
β Pass. : opus faciam ut defatiger usque, ingratiis ut dormiam, Ter. Eun. 220: defatigatus vulneribus, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19: defatigatus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; and opp. integer, id. ib. 5, 16 fin. ; 7, 85, 7; id. B. C. 3, 40, 2: defatigatus est populus nimis, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 31.—*
B Transf.: ubertate nimia prioris aevi defatigatum et effetum solum, exhausted , Col. 1, praef. § 1.—
II Trop.
α Act. : deos suppliciis, votis, precibus, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 398, 23: ne te adolescens mulier defatiget, Ter. Phorm. 794: censores, judices, Cic. Leg. 3, 12 fin. —
β Pass. : te nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari, Cic. Fam. 14, 1; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 15: numquam conquiescam neque defatigabor ante, quam, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145; cf. id. Brut. 22, 86.—Once with inf.: nec defatigabor permanere in studio libertatis, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14 fin.