enervis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ē-nervis, e, adj. [nervus],

nerveless , enervated , weak , effeminate (rare and postAug., for enervatus; cf. enervo): corpus, Petr. poët. 119, 25: homo, Sen. Thyest. 176: compositio (with effeminata), Quint. 9, 4, 142; cf. orator (with solutus), Tac. Or. 18 fin. : et fluxum spectaculum, Plin. Pan. 33, 1; Val. Max. 6, 4, 2; 8, 8 init. al.—Adv.: enervĭter , weakly : blandus, August. cont. Faust. 22, 50.

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