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1 imbellis
imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).I.Of living beings:II.ut imbelles timidique videamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:ignavi et imbelles,
Liv. 26, 2, 11:timidi et imbelles,
Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,
Sall. J. 20, 2:strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,
id. ib. 67, 2:pro viro forti contra imbellem,
Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,
id. 38, 21, 14:imbellis et pastoralis manus,
Vell. 1, 8, 5:caesorum major numerus et imbellior,
Tac. H. 4, 33:juventa,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:cervi,
Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.columba,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:dei,
i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,
i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,
weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.lacerti,
Ov. M. 13, 109:Tarentum,
peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:Asia,
Liv. 9, 19, 10:nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,
id. 21, 16, 3:cithara,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.lyra,
id. ib. 1, 6, 10:plectrum,
Ov. M. 5, 114:carmen,
Stat. Th. 10, 874:oliva,
Val. Fl. 5, 362:fretum,
calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,
Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,
id. 4, 20, 9:permultos annos imbelles agere,
id. 9, 45, 10. -
2 inbellis
imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).I.Of living beings:II.ut imbelles timidique videamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:ignavi et imbelles,
Liv. 26, 2, 11:timidi et imbelles,
Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,
Sall. J. 20, 2:strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,
id. ib. 67, 2:pro viro forti contra imbellem,
Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,
id. 38, 21, 14:imbellis et pastoralis manus,
Vell. 1, 8, 5:caesorum major numerus et imbellior,
Tac. H. 4, 33:juventa,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:cervi,
Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.columba,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:dei,
i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,
i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,
weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.lacerti,
Ov. M. 13, 109:Tarentum,
peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:Asia,
Liv. 9, 19, 10:nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,
id. 21, 16, 3:cithara,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.lyra,
id. ib. 1, 6, 10:plectrum,
Ov. M. 5, 114:carmen,
Stat. Th. 10, 874:oliva,
Val. Fl. 5, 362:fretum,
calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,
Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,
id. 4, 20, 9:permultos annos imbelles agere,
id. 9, 45, 10.
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