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segnĭtĭa , ae, and (less freq.) segnĭ-tĭes , em, ē, f. segnis,
I.slowness, tardiness, dilatoriness, sluggishness, inactivity (freq. and class.; syn.: desidia, ignavia, pigritia, socordia).
(β). Form segnities: “in hujusmodi negotio Diem sermone terere, segnities mera'st,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 67: quae tam sera moratur Segnities? * Verg. A. 2, 374: “abs te socordiam omnem reice et segnitiem amove,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: castigemus etiam segnitiem hominum atque inertiam, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 185 B. and K. (al. segnitatem acc. to Non. 174, 21): “ut castigaret segnitiem populi,Liv. 31, 6 fin.; 31, 7: “in desidiam segnitiemque conversus,Suet. Galb. 9: “post nimiam ventorum segnitiem,Col. 2, 20, 5: “in cunctatione ac segnitie perstare,Liv. 22, 27; 44, 7.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.374
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 5
    • Suetonius, Galba, 9
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.59
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.42
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 15
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 12.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 5.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.52
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.20.5
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.5.2
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