Weakmindedness

sōcordĭa (o short, Prud. Apoth. 194; cf. socors; sometimes, on account of the etymology, written also sēcordĭa), ae, f. [socors], dulness of mind, i. e.,

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.—

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.