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rĕsĕs , ĭdis (
I.nom. sing. does not occur), adj. resideo, that remains sitting, that stays behind, that remains; also, motionless, inactive, inert, unoccupied, idle, sluggish, lazy, etc. (syn.: segnis, tardus, desidiosus; not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not found in Cic. or (Cæs.): reses ignavus, quia residet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 280 Müll.; cf. Pac. and Afran. ap. Fest. p. 281 ib. (Trag. Rel. p. 66 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 170 ib.); Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 213 Müll. dub.: aqua, standing or stagnant water, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 8; cf. “fluctus,calm, Claud. Epigr. 86, 2: caseus in corpore, undigested (opp. alibilis), Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3: plebs in urbe. remaining, Liv. 2, 32, 5: “clamorem pugnantium crepitumque armorum exaudimus resides ipsi ac segnes,id. 25, 6; 6, 23; Verg. A. 6, 814; 7, 693: “resides et desuetudine tardi,Ov. M. 14, 436; Phaedr. 5, 1, 7: “praevertere amore Jam pridem resides animos,Verg. A. 1, 722: anni, passed in inaction, Claud. B. Get. praef. 1: “nervi,long untouched, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 15.
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