lethargicus

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

lēthargĭcus, a, um, adj., = ληθαργικός,

I drowsy, lethargic : morbus, Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10: somnus, Aug. Ep. 48 ad Vincent.; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 38 al.—

II Subst.: lē-thargĭcus , i, m., one affected with lethargy, a lethargic person : ut lethargicus hic cum fit pugil et medicum urget, Hor. S. 2, 3, 30; Plin. 24, 6, 16, § 25: lethargicos excitare labor est, id. 26, 11, 72, § 118.

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