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  • 1 īgnāvia

        īgnāvia ae, f    [ignavus], inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness, cowardice, worthlessness: nemo ignaviā inmortalis factus est, S.: contraria fortitudini: per luxum atque ignaviam aetatem agere, S.: quod istic cum ignaviā est scelus (i. e. in te), L.: quae tanta animis ignavia venit? V.
    * * *
    idleness, laziness; faintheartedness

    Latin-English dictionary > īgnāvia

  • 2 timiditās

        timiditās ātis, f    [timidus], fearfulness, cowardice, timidity, apprehension: ex rebus timiditas, non ex vocabulis nascitur: quantae timiditates.

    Latin-English dictionary > timiditās

  • 3 ignavia

    ignāvĭa, ae, f. [id.], inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness, cowardice, worthlessness (syn.: socordia, desidia, inertia, pigritia, segnities; opp.: fortitudo, alacritas).
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    dare argentum adulescenti, qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95: venit mihi ignavia; ea mihi tempestas fuit;

    mi adventu suo grandinem imbremque attulit,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 57 Lorenz ad loc.:

    contraria fortitudini ignavia,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165;

    so opp. fortitudo,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    inertiam, ignaviam, desidiam, luxuriam (adversariorum) proferre,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

    timiditas et ignavia,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:

    ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    socordiae sese atque ignaviae tradere,

    Sall. C. 52;

    so with socordia,

    id. ib. 58, 4:

    per luxum atque ignaviam aetatem agere,

    id. J. 2, 4:

    quod istic (= in te) cum ignavia est scelus,

    Liv. 1, 47, 3:

    quae tanta animis ignavia venit?

    Verg. A. 11, 733:

    copia (cibi) ignaviam affert,

    Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

    fumo crebriore et ignavia earum (apium) excitatur ad opera,

    id. 11, 16, 15, § 45:

    ignavia corpus hebetat, labor firmat,

    Cels. 1, 1.—Prov.:

    ignaviam necessitas acuit,

    Curt. 5, 4, 31.—
    II.
    Transf., of things:

    odoris,

    i. e. weakness, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 119.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ignavia

  • 4 timiditas

    tĭmĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [timidus], fearfulness, cowardice, timidity (a favorite word of Cic.):

    formido, timiditas, pavor, ignavia, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52: ecfare, quae cor tuom timiditas territet, Pac. ap. Non. 228, 18:

    ex rebus timiditas, non ex vocabulis nascitur,

    Cic. Fin. 4. 19, 53; id. Rep. 2, 41, 68; id. Tusc. 3, 7, 14; id. Clu. 46, 129; id. Cael. 15, 36; id. Phil. 2, 29, 71; id. de Or. 2, 3, 10; 2, 74, 300; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Calig. 45. — In plur.:

    quantae timiditates,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 69.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > timiditas

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  • Cowardice — Cow ard*ice ( [i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard. See {Coward}.] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. [1913 Webster] The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cowardice — c.1300, from O.Fr. coardise (13c.), from coard, coart (see COWARD (Cf. coward)) + noun suffix ise. Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. [Ernest Hemingway …   Etymology dictionary

  • cowardice — index fear, fright, panic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • cowardice — [n] timidity cold feet*, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, funk, gutlessness, mousiness, pusillanimity, wimpiness; concept 27 …   New thesaurus

  • cowardice — [kou′ər dis΄] n. [ME & OFr couardise < couard: see COWARD] lack of courage; esp., shamefully excessive fear of danger, difficulty, or suffering …   English World dictionary

  • Cowardice — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of fear. < N PARAG:Cowardice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cowardice cowardice pusillanimity Sgm: N 1 cowardliness cowardliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 timidity timidity effeminacy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • cowardice — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ moral, political ▪ It is an act of moral cowardice for a society to neglect its poor. VERB + COWARDICE ▪ show ▪ accuse sb of …   Collocations dictionary

  • cowardice — n. 1) to demonstrate, show cowardice 2) abject, rank; moral cowardice 3) (misc.) a streak of cowardice * * * [ kaʊədɪs] moral cowardice rank showcowardice (misc.) a streak of cowardice abject to demonstrate …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Cowardice — Coward redirects here. For other meanings including as a surname, see Coward (disambiguation). Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of… …   Wikipedia

  • cowardice — [[t]ka͟ʊə(r)dɪs[/t]] N UNCOUNT Cowardice is cowardly behaviour. He openly accused his opponents of cowardice. Ant: bravery, courage …   English dictionary

  • cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal …   English dictionary for students

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