I.dulness of mind, i. e.,
I. Weakmindedness, silliness, folly, stupidity (very rare; syn.: insipientia, stoliditas): socordiam quidam pro ignaviā posuerunt (v. II.); “Cato pro stultitiā posuit, Fest. pp. 292 and 293 Müll.: si quem socordiae argueret, stultiorem aiebat filio suo Claudio,” Suet. Claud. 3; Tac. A. 4, 35.—
II. Carelessness, negligence, sloth, laziness, indolence, inactivity (the predominant signif. of the word; used only in the sing.; cf. Diom. p. 314 P.; perh. only once in Cic.; “syn.: ignavia, desidia, segnities): tu ad hoc diei tempus dormitasti in otio. Quin tu abs te socordiam omnem reicis segnitiem amoves,” Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: “nisi somnum socordiamque ex pectore oculisque amovetis,” id. Ps. 1, 2, 11: “nihil loci'st segnitiae neque socordiae,” Ter. And. 1, 3, 1: “socordia atque desidia,” Auct. Her. 2, 23, 35; so (with desidia) Sall. C. 4, 1; (with ignavia) id. ib. 58, 4; (with incultus) id. J. 2, 4; (opp. industria) Tac. A. 2, 38: “nostrā cunctatione et socordiā jam huc progressus,” Liv. 22, 14, 5: “Cyrenenses tardius iere. Id socordiāne an casu accideret, parum cognovi,” Sall. J. 79, 5: “socordiāne an vinolentiā,” Tac. A. 12, 67: “fortunā per socordiam non uti,” Liv. 7, 35: “nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset, exuere jugum potuere,” Tac. Agr. 31 fin.: “caeca ac sopita socordia,” Quint. 1, 2, 5: “Darei,” Curt. 7, 4, 3.
