morbid state of torpor
Latin word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Cicero, Letters to his Friends 2.13.3: erat in eadem epistula veternus civitatis. gaudebam sane et congelasse nostrum amicum laetabar otio. extrema pagella pupugit me tuo chirograp …
Vergil, Georgics 1.124: nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Catullus, Carmina lyrics.17.24: si pote stolidum repente excitare veternum
All forms of veternus