Heauy and sadde. Anhelitus æger. Virg. Difficultie of breath. Animam ægram ponere. Id est vitam. Luciet. To die. Aegram animam auferre. Ouid. To kill. Animus æger. Ouid. Sortowfull and heauie minde. Balatus ægri. Ouid. When sheepe be so weake and feebie that they can scant bleate. Ægrum corpus. Virg. Dolores ægri. Lucret. Femur ægrum. Virg. Genua ægra. Virg Feeble. Hiatus æger. Stat. When one is stant able to ope his mouth. Inuidia læs ægra. Stat. Grieued with the gladnesse or prospetitie of other. Manus ægra. Ouid. Feeble, weake. Membra ægra. Ouid. Mens ægra. Ouid. Mors ægra. Virg. Painefull, sorrowfull. Ægris oculis aliquid alpicere. Tacit. To looke at vnwillingly. Passus ægri. Valer. Flac. Feeble. Pectora ægra curis. Val. Flac. Pudor æger. Val. Flac. Ægra respubl. Cicer. A feeble common weale: a common weale in very ill state. Seges ægra. Virg. Senectus ægra. Ouid. Spes ægra. Claudian. Suspiria ægra. Stat. Infirma atque ægra valetdo. Cic. Sickenesse. Verba ægra Val. Flac. Vis ægra. Stat. Grauiter æger. Cic. Mediocriter æger. Cic. Ægrum, ægri, absolutè positum pro animi ægritudine. Plaut. Displeasantnesse, griefe of minde.

I. Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

(a). Of men: homines aegri morbo gravi, Cic. Cat. 1, 13: graviter aegrum fuisse, id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: infirma atque aegra valetudo, id. Brut. 48 fin.: aegro corpore esse, id. ad Quir. 1 fin.: ex vulnere, id. Rep. 2, 21: vulneribus, Nep. Milt. 7: pedibus, Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38; Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43: anhelitus, shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.: Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia, App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum, Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3: ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt, id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186: vicinum funus aegros exanimat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 126: ungebant oleo multos aegros, Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab): D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM, Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

(b). Of brutes: sues aegri, Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1: avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus, i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

(g). Of plants, diseased: seges aegra, Verg. A. 3, 142: aegra arbor, Pall. Febr. 25, 23: vitis, id. Mart. 7, 4.—

II. Fig.

A. Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow: aeger animus, Sall. J. 74: aegris animis legati superveniunt, Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf. Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit, Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi/ brotoi/, o)izuroi/, polu/ponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

(a). With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.): animus aeger avaritiā, Sall. J. 31: amore, Liv. 30, 11: curis, Verg. A. 1, 208 al.—

(b). With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141: animi, Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—Of cause: rerum temere motarum, Flor. 3, 17, 9: morae, Luc. 7, 240: delicti, Sil. 13, 52: pericli, id. 15, 135: timoris, id. 3, 72.—

(g). With ab: A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

B. Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble: maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2: qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt, Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious: recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere, Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.): numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.; v. aegre below): dolores aegri, Lucr. 3, 905: luctus, id. 3, 933: amor, Verg. G. 4, 464: mors, id. ib. 3, 512: spes, i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543: fides, wavering, id. 2, 392 al.—As subst.: aegrum, i, n.: plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi, more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11: sed cui nihil accidit aegri, Lucr. 5, 171.—Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

a. Object.

(a). Uncomfortably: nescio quid meo animost aegre, disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf. opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.: aegre est, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also: aegre facere alicui, to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and: aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo, any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

(b). With difficulty or effort (opp. facile): omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur, Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.: inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and: omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere, Sall. J. 83, 1: nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106: aegre rastris terram rimantur, Verg. G. 3, 534 al.: non aegre persequi iter, Col. 9, 8, 9; so, haud aegre, Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

(g). = vix, Gr. mo/gis, hardly, scarcely: aegre nimis risum continui, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36: aegre me tenui, Cic. Att. 16, 11: aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc., Liv. 2, 45: aegre stantes, Tac. Agr. 36 al.—Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

b. Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.: aegre pati, Liv. 1, 9 et saep.: aegre tolerare, Tac. Agr. 13: si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16: aegre carere, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. —Comp.: quod aegrius patimur, Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.—Sup.: aegerrime ferre, Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.