pigrescere

pigrescere [CL] 1 to become sluggish or inert, to slow down. quia sic excitatur affectus, aliter ~eret animus R. Melun DP I 62; militaris alacritas ‥ ante comparanda est ‥ quam corpus etate ~at J. Sal. Pol. 595D; humus ‥ / ‥ centroque coheret / impaciens motus medio pigrescit in axe / infirma Hanv. VIII 343; tempore messis manus nostre pigrescunt J. Howd. Cant. 200. 2 to become slack or negligent. mitis prelatus facit ignavos famulatus. / dum cor mitescit domini, servile pigrescit Serlo Wilt. app. 3a. 19 p. 152; 1279 ~it plurimum humana fragilitas Peckham Ep. 26. 3 (w. inf.) to be slow (to), to hesitate or be reluctant (to). miseris et affectis coafflicta condolere et subvenire non ~it Spec. Laic. 51.

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