flaccidus

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

flaccĭdus, a, um, adj. [flaccus], flabby, flaccid, pendulous (cf. marcidus).

I Lit.: aures, Col. 7, 6, 2; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205: folium, id. 15, 30, 39, § 127: vela (with pendula), Ap. Flor. p. 365.—

II Trop., languid , feeble : flaccidiore turbine fertur, Lucr. 5, 632: argumentatio, Arn. 7, 251.