lethargus

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

lēthargus, a, um, adj., Gr. λήθαργος,

I drowsy, lethargic : morbus, Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10; Schol. Juv. 6, 613.—Esp. as subst.

A lēthargus , i, m. (sc. morbus), drowsiness, lethargy (in Cels. 3, 20, written as Greek): lethargo grandi est oppressus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 145; cf.: gravi lethargo oppressus, Serv. Sulp. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 106: olfactoriis excitatur, Plin. 30, 11, 29, § 97: in lethargum vergere, id. 32, 10, 38, § 116.—

β Plur. : ocimum facit lethargos, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 119; 28, 8, 29, § 116.—

B (Sc. homo.) A lethargic person , Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 37 sqq.

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