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pī^grĭtĭa , ae, and pī^grĭtĭes , ēi, f. id.,
I.sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence (cf.: desidia, socordia, inertia, segnities).
I. Lit.: “pigritiam definiunt metum consequentis laboris,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: “propter pigritiam aut ignaviam,” id. Off. 1, 29, 102: “noli putare pigritiā me facere, quod non meā manu scribam,” id. Att. 15, 15: et haesitatio, Petr. 85: “nox Romanis pigritiem ad sequendum fecit,” Liv. 44, 42, 9: “lentae crimine pigritiae,” Mart. 11, 79, 2.—
II. Transf.
1. Tu das ingenuae jus mihi pigritiae, honorable repose, leisure, Mart. 12, 4, 6.—
2. Stomachi, weakness of the stomach, Sen. Prov. 3, 6.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 42
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.8
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.29
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