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morbus, i, m. [Sanscr. mar-, die; Gr. βροτός (for μροτός), μαραίνω; cf. morior, marceo], a sickness, disease, disorder, distemper, ailment, illness, malady, of body or mind (class.).

  1. I. Corporeal: morbum appellant totius corporis corruptionem: aegrotationem morbum cum imbecillitate: vitium cum partes corporis inter se dissident: ex quo pravitas membrorum, distortio, deformitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 28: morbus est habitus cujusque corporis contra naturam, qui usum ejus facit deteriorem, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2, 3: morbi aegrotationesque, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: aeger morbo gravi, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: in morbo esse, to be sick, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9: morbo affectum esse, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur, id. Fin. 1, 18, 59: animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt, id. Tusc. 4, 14, 31: affligi, id. Pis. 35, 85: urgeri, id. Fat. 9, 17: tabescere, id. N. D. 3, 35, 84: languere, Lucr. 6, 1221: conflictari, Nep. Dion. 2, 4: in morbum cadere, to fall sick, Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, 79: incidere, id. Clu. 62, 175: delabi, id. Att. 7, 5, 1: morbum nancisci, Nep. Att. 21, 1: morbo consumi, id. Reg. 2, 1: perire, id. ib. 3, 3: mori, id. Them. 10, 4: absumi, Sall. J. 5, 6: confici, id. ib. 9, 4: opprimi, Cic. Clu. 7, 22: homo aeger morbo gravi, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: ex morbo convalescere, to recover, id. Fam. 13, 29, 4: a morbo valere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26: morbum depellere, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2: levare, to alleviate, relieve, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 57: amplior fit, becomes more violent, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 50: adgravescit, id. ib. 3, 2, 2: ingravescit, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31: comitialis or major, epilepsy, Cels. 3, 23: regius, the jaundice, id. 3, 24: in morbo consumat, a form of imprecation, may he spend it (the money) in sickness, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2.
  2. II. Mental.
    1. A. Disease, a fault, vice, etc.: animi morbi sunt cupiditates immensae, et inanes, divitiarum, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 59: morbum et insaniam, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9: hic morbus qui est in re publicā, ingravescet, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: ut, si qui aegrotet, quo morbo Barrus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 30: maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem, id. ib. 2, 3, 121: qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur, Juv. 2, 17.
    2. B. Grief, sorrow, distress: quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, Id illi morbo, id illi senio est, affliction, distress, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12; cf.: salvere me jubes, quoi tu abiens offers morbum? id. As. 3, 3, 3.
  3. III. Trop., of trees, plants, etc.: infestantur namque et arbores morbis, a disease, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 116 al.
  4. IV. Morbus, personified as a deity, the son of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Sen. Herc. Fur. 694; cf. Verg. A. 6, 275; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 323.