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1 socors
sōcors (o short, Prud. Cath. 1, 33; cf. socordia), cordis, adj. [se, = sine, and cor(d)s], mentally dull, i. e.,I.Narrow-minded, silly, foolish, blockish, stupid, thoughtless, senseless, etc. (rare but class.;II.syn.: stultus, stolidus, ineptus, insipiens, insulsus): socors naturā neglegensque,
Cic. Brut. 68, 239:homines non socordes ad veri investigandi cupiditatem excitare,
id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:stolidi ac socordes,
Liv. 9, 34:socors ingenium,
Tac. A. 13, 47:animus,
id. H. 3, 36:Tiberius callidior, Claudius socordior,
Sid. Ep. 5, 7 fin. (cf. under socordia, I., the passage ap. Suet. Claud. 3):apud socordissimos Scythas Anacharsis sapiens natus est,
App. Mag. p. 289, 25.—Careless, negligent, sluggish, slothful, lazy, inactive, etc. (not in Cic.;syn.: ignavus, segnis),
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 5:languidus et socors,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 8 Dietsch:neque victoriā socors aut insolens factus,
id. J. 100, 1:Sejanus nimiā fortunā socors,
Tac. A. 4, 39:vulgus sine rectore praeceps, pavidum, socors,
id. H. 4, 37.—With gen.:nolim ceterarum rerum te socordem eodem modo,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 61:gregarius miles futuri socors,
Tac. H. 3, 31.—Hence, adv.: sŏcor-dĭter (acc. to II.), carelessly, negligently, slothfully (not used in posit.); comp.: socordius ire milites occepere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 235, 15; so,res acta,
Liv. 1, 22:agere,
Tac. H. 2, 15.
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