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“exhausted” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

exhausted
exhaustus (emptied; e.g., of a treasury; also of a land, a state; e.g., sumtibus et jacturis): confectus (quite spent, especially of wounded soldiers): fessus (wearied; e.g., vulneribus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fessus conf’ectusque: lassitudine confectus (wearied from fatigue): effetus (PROP., by much bearing; then also of the body, corpus, Cic.): enectus (worn out by hunger and other bodily sufferings). Land exhausted by over bearing, ubertate nimia prioris aevi effetum et defatigatum solum (Col.): an ox exhausted with labor, bos confectus vexatione operum.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for exhausted?
The usual Latin words for “exhausted” are exhauriō, cōnficiō, fessus; also effētus, ēnecō, vulnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.