dē-fătīgo — Lewis & Short
dē-fătīgo or dē-fĕtīgo, āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to weary out, tire a person; to fatigue; to exhaust. (For syn. cf.: fatigo, fessus, lassus, langueo, languidus, defessus. —Freq. and class.)
I Lit.
(a) Act.:
cum crebro integri defessis succederent nostrosque assiduo labore defatigarent,Caes. B. G. 7, 41, 2; cf.:
exercitum Pompeii quotidianis itineribus,id. B. C. 3, 85, 2; Suet. Caes. 65 et saep.:
se,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3.—
(b) Pass.:
opus faciam ut defatiger usque, ingratiis ut dormiam,Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14: defatigatus vulneribus, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:
defatigatus,Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8;
and opp. integer,id. ib. 5, 16 fin.; 7, 85, 7; id. B. C. 3, 40, 2:
defatigatus est populus nimis,Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 31.—*
B Transf.:
ubertate nimia prioris aevi defatigatum et effetum solum,exhausted, Col. 1, praef. § 1.—
II Trop.
(a) Act.: deos suppliciis, votis, precibus, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 398, 23:
ne te adolescens mulier defatiget,Ter. Ph. 5, 3, 11:
censores, judices,Cic. Leg. 3, 12 fin.—
(b) Pass.:
te nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari,Cic. Fam. 14, 1; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 15:
numquam conquiescam neque defatigabor ante, quam, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145; cf. id. Brut. 22, 86.—Once with inf.: nec defatigabor permanere in studio libertatis, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14 fin.