ē-languesco, gui, 3,
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.