infesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [infestus], to attack, trouble, molest, disturb, infest (mostly post-Aug.).
I Lit.: Scylla latus dextrum, laevum Charybdis infestant, Ov. M. 13, 730: eas insulas infestari beluis, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205: morbis, id. 17, 24, 37, § 216: mari infestato latrociniis, Vell. 2, 73: vulnera et nimius calor et nimium frigus infestant, Cels. 5, 26, 6 fin. : hostem, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16: sagittis infestari, id. ib. 2, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 71, 18; Lact. Epit. 59, 7.—
II Transf., in gen., to attack , destroy , injure , impair : vinum minus infestat nervos, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 39: aloë non infestat stomachum, id. 27, 4, 5, § 16: saporem, id. 15, 23, 25, § 92: fons amaritudine infestatur, id. 2, 103, 106, § 228: rem familiarem, to impair , Col. 1, 5, 7: animos, to destroy , id. 11, 1, 22: animam, Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 10.