marcidus

marcĭdus, a, um, adj. [marceo], withered, wasted, shrunk, decayed, rotten (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

lilia marcida,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

aures,

Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

cicatrices, id. prooem. 23: stagna,

foul, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 280:

asseres vetustate marcidi fiunt,

Vitr. 2, 8, 20:

manus,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 ext. —

II.

Transf., weak, feeble, languid, enervated, exhausted:

huc incede gradu marcidus ebrio,

Sen. Med. 69:

marcidus edomito bellum referebat ab Haemo Liber,

Stat. Th. 4, 652:

somno,

Plin. Pan. 63:

somno aut libidinosis vigiliis,

Tac. A. 6, 10; Plin. Pan. 63: sol, faint, pale, dull, Poët. ap. Diom. p. 445 P.:

senectus,

Val. Max. 7, 7, 4:

oculi libidine marcidi,

languishing, voluptuous, App. M. 3, p. 135, 34.