fessus — Lewis & Short
fessus, a, um, P. a.cf. Sanscr. hā-, gahāmi, relinquo; Gr. xi=ros, xh=ra, xwri/s; Lat. ad-fatim, fatigo,
I wearied, tired, fatigued; worn out, weak, feeble, infirm (class.; esp. freq. in poets; syn.: fatigatus, defessus, lassus, languidus).
I Prop., of living beings:
Romani quamquam itinere atque opere castrorum et proelio fessi lassique erant, tamen, etc.,Sall. J. 53, 5:
de via fessus,Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:
fessum inedia fluctibusque recreare,id. Planc. 10, 26:
Veientes bello fessi,id. Div. 1, 44, 100:
militiā fessae cohortes,Hor. C. 3, 4, 38:
plorando fessus sum,Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1:
satiate videndi,Lucr. 2, 1038:
curāque viāque,Ov. M. 11, 274:
somno,Tib. 1, 3, 88:
malis,Ov. M. 9, 293:
aetate,Verg. A. 2, 596; cf.
annis,Ov. M. 9, 440:
valetudinibus,Tac. H. 3, 2:
fessi vomere tauri,Hor. C. 3, 13, 11:
elephanti fessi aegritudine,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3:
exercito corpore fessus,Sall. J. 71, 1; 70, 2:
cum tibi librum Sollicito damus aut fesso,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 221:
inde Rubos fessi pervenimus,id. S. 1, 5, 94; so,
viator,id. ib. 1, 5, 17:
pastor,id. C. 3, 29, 22:
Graii (sc. bello),id. ib. 2, 4, 11:
boves,id. Epod. 2, 63.—
(b) With gen. (poet.):
fessi rerum,exhausted with events, misfortunes, Verg. A. 1, 178:
fessus bellique viaeque,Stat. Th. 3, 395:
trepidi rerum fessique salutis,despairing of safety, Sil. 2, 234.—With acc.:
agmina fessa gradum,Sil. 4, 40.—
II Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
alter fessum vulnere, fessum cursu trahens corpus,Liv. 1, 25, 11; cf. Hor. C. 2, 7, 18; Lucr. 4, 848:
(Phoebus) qui salutari levat arte fessos Corporis artus,i. e. sick, diseased, Hor. Carm. Sec. 63:
vox fessa loquendo,Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 85:
fessa aetas,i. e. the weakness of age, Tac. A. 14, 33:
fessa aetate Galbae,id. H. 1, 12:
domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto Obruat,worn out, decayed, Lucr. 3, 774; cf. id. 5, 308:
cardines fessi et turbati,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 120:
(amnes) In mare deducunt fessas erroribus undas,Ov. M. 1, 582:
naves,Verg. A. 1, 168; 5, 29:
puppes,Ov. M. 6, 519; Tib. 2, 5, 46:
carinae,Ov. M. 11, 393; id. A. A. 3, 748:
vela,Prop. 3 (4), 21, 19. fessa dies, spent, i. e. drawing to a close, Stat. S. 2, 2, 48:
fessae res,critical, precarious, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18;
also,misfortunes, calamities, Verg. A. 3, 145:
rebus succurite fessis,id. ib. 11, 335:
deligendum esse qui fessis rebus succurreret,Tac. A. 15, 50.