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ignāvĭa , ae, f. id.,
I.inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness, cowardice, worthlessness (syn.: socordia, desidia, inertia, pigritia, segnities; opp.: fortitudo, alacritas).
I. Lit. (class.): “dare argentum adulescenti, qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95: venit mihi ignavia; ea mihi tempestas fuit; “mi adventu suo grandinem imbremque attulit,” id. Most. 1, 2, 57 Lorenz ad loc.: “contraria fortitudini ignavia,” Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; “so opp. fortitudo,” id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: “inertiam, ignaviam, desidiam, luxuriam (adversariorum) proferre,” Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8: “timiditas et ignavia,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14: “ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,” id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: “socordiae sese atque ignaviae tradere,” Sall. C. 52; “so with socordia,” id. ib. 58, 4: “per luxum atque ignaviam aetatem agere,” id. J. 2, 4: “quod istic (= in te) cum ignavia est scelus,” Liv. 1, 47, 3: “quae tanta animis ignavia venit?” Verg. A. 11, 733: “copia (cibi) ignaviam affert,” Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 35: “fumo crebriore et ignavia earum (apium) excitatur ad opera,” id. 11, 16, 15, § 45: “ignavia corpus hebetat, labor firmat,” Cels. 1, 1.—Prov.: “ignaviam necessitas acuit,” Curt. 5, 4, 31.—
II. Transf., of things: “odoris,” i. e. weakness, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 119.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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