Both Uses of
languish
in
The Iliad
- He languished there, but soon, beside the ships, the Argives would remember and call him back.
Book 2 *languished = suffered in a bad situation for a long time
- But then a day came when Meleagros was stung by venomous anger that infects the coolest thinker's heart: swollen with rage at his own mother, Althaie, he languished in idleness at home beside his lady, Kleopatre.†
Book 9
Definition:
to suffer in a bad situation for a long time