afflicto — Lewis & Short
afflicto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.ad, intensive,
I to disquiet greatly, to agitate, toss; to shatter, damage, harass, injure, lit. and trop.
I Lit. (rare):
naves tempestas adflictabat,Caes. B. G. 4, 29:
quod minuente aestu (naves) in vadis adflictarentur,were stranded, id. ib. 3, 12:
Batavos,Tac. H. 4, 79.—Far oftener,
II Trop., to trouble, disquiet, vex, torment, distress: adflictari amore, * Lucr. 4, 1151:
homines aegri febri jactantur ... deinde multo gravius adflictantur,Cic. Cat. 1, 13; so Suet. Tit. 2:
adflictatur res publica,id. Har. Resp. 19:
equites equosque adflictare,Tac. H. 3, 19:
adflictare ltaliam luxuriā saevitiāque,id. A. 13, 30.—Hence, adflictare se or adflictari aliquā re, to grieve, to be greatly troubled in mind about a thing, to be very anxious or uneasy, to afflict one's self:
ne te adflictes,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 31:
cum se Alcibiades adflictaret,Cic. Tusc. 3, 32; 3, 27:
de domesticis rebus acerbissime adflictor,id. Att. 11, 1:
mulieres adflictare sese, manus supplices ad caelum tendere,Sall. C. 31, 3.