Defetiscor, defetísceris, pen. cor. defessus sum, vt ait Priscianus, defetisci. Terent.To be wearie: to be faint with labor.Languens & defessus.Cic.Omnibus medullis defessus. Catul. Satietate defessus.Cic. Defessus sum quærcre. Plau. Defessus sum quæritando.Plaut.Defessus sum ab gerunda aqua. Plan. I am wearie of water bearing.Defessus sum de te ridendo. Te. I am weary with laughing at thee.Iubendo defessus.Ouid. Defessus malis. Senec.Defessus recreatur. Plin. Defessus acie. Stat.Defessus cultu agrorum.Defessus labore disputationis.Cic. Defessa ac refriger ata accusatio.Cic.Animi forensibus negotijs atque vrbano opere defesi.Cic.Membra defessa labore. Catul. Autes conuitio defessæ. Ci. Quum iam cortor atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa. Cice.
dē-fĕtiscor (in MSS. sometimes defatiscor), fessus, 3, v. dep. n., to become tired or wearied; to grow weary, faint; to be exhausted. (For syn. v. defatigo. As a verb. fin. ante-class. and rare, but class. and freq. in the part. perf.): neque defetiscar experirier, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 23; so with inf.: ego sum defessus reperire, vos defessi quaerere, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 54 sq. (for which, sum defessus quaeritando, id. Am. 4, 1, 6); id. Ep. 2, 2, 13; id. Merc. 4, 5, 3; Lucr. 5, 1145: non si quid malae pugnae acciderit, defetiscendum, Front. B. Parth.: ego vapulando, ille verberando usque ambo defessi sumus, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 5; so, defessus with abl. gerund., id. ib. 4, 6, 1; id. Eun. 5, 7, 7; Afran. ap. Non. 392, 20; Ov. M. 9, 198; cf.: aggerunda aqua defessi, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 14.—With abl. nominis: diuturnitate pugnae defessi, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3; cf. the foll.: defessus totius diei labore, id. ib. 7, 88, 7; cf. id. B. C. 1, 65 fin.: vulneribus, id. B. G. 1, 25, 5: cultu agrorum, Cic. Agr. 2, 32 fin.: forensibus negotiis atque urbano opere, id. de Or. 2, 6, 23; 2, 57fin.: convicio (aures), id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.: semperque ipsi recentes defessis succederent, Caes. B. G. 7, 25; so opp. recens or integer, id. ib. 7, 41, 2; id. B. C. 1, 45, 7; 3, 94, 2; Cic. de Or. 3, 36 fin.: defessi Aeneadae, Verg. A. 1, 157; cf. ib. 2, 285; 565: defessus omnibus medullis, Catul. 55, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 54.—II.Transf., of things: arbores defatiscentes, Plin. 17, 2, 2, 10: ita defessa ac refrigerata accusatio,