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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 -
2 timiditās
timiditās ātis, f [timidus], fearfulness, cowardice, timidity, apprehension: ex rebus timiditas, non ex vocabulis nascitur: quantae timiditates. -
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.):II.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.—Transf., of things:odoris,
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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.
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