verb transitive intransitive

dē-sūdo

2nd PP dē-sūdāre · 3rd PP dē-sūdāvi · 4th PP dē-sūdātum · conj. 1st

(mostly post-Aug.).

Neutr., to sweat greatly

Neutr., to sweat greatly.

Lit., Cels. 6, 6, 29; Stat. Th. 3, 277.—

to exert; fatigue one's self figuratively •

Trop., to exert or fatigue one's self: in his (sc. exercitationibus ingenii) desudans atque elaborans, *Cic. de Sen. 11, 38: alio Marte, Claud. B. Get. 280; cf. id. in Eutrop. 2, 602: laboribus, Vulg. Eccl. 2, 19.—

Act., to sweat out, exude

Act., to sweat out, exude.

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Lit.: balsama, Claud. Epithal. Pall. et Celer. 123: pestem in amnes, id. in Rufin. 1, 304.—

to perform with exertion figuratively •

Trop., to perform with exertion (qs. with sweating): excubias militiae, Sid. Ep. 6, 1.

Perseus ID: n13479 Key: desudo