ē-vĭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vir],
I to deprive of virility , to emasculate , unman , (rare): omnes pueros, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 12: corpus, Cat. 63, 57; Arn. 5, p. 187.—
II Transf., to weaken , make faint , deprive of strength : corpore evirato animae substantia turbatur, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 178: emissus (sanguis) rationabiliter relevat, enormiter ablatus evirat vel turbat, Veg. 1, 36, 2; 1, 38, 12.
III —Hence, ēvĭrātus , a, um, P. a., unmanly , effeminate : eviratior spadone, Mart. 5, 41, 1 (with mollior).