heedlessness

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făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

audendi facilitas,

id. 12, 6, 7:

pariendi,

Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

oris,

i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

corporis,

a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

soli,

facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

picea tonsili facilitate,

id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

(smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—

In partic.

Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

Sen. Ep. 40:

quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.

In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

facilitas in audiendo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

facilitas et lenitudo animi,

id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

facilitas indulgentiaque,

Suet. Caes. 72:

facilitate par infimis esse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

sermonis,

id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

actio facilitatem significans,

id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—

In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

fornicationis,

Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

pĕtŭlantĭa, ae, f. [petulans].

Lit., sauciness, freakishness, impudence, wantonness, petulance (class.; syn. lascivia): itaque a petendo petulantia, a procando, id est poscendo, procacitas nominata est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 23, 18:

petulantia et libido magis est adulescentium quam senum,

id. Sen. 11, 36:

petulantia et audacia,

id. Caecin. 35, 103; cf.:

te non ulla meae laesit petulantia linguae,

Prop. 1, 16, 37.—In plur.:

Naevius... cum ob assiduam maledicentiam et probra in principes civitatis... in vincula conjectus esset... in his fabulis, delicta sua et petulantias dictorum, quibus multos ante laeserat, diluisset,

insolent language, libels, Gell. 3, 3, 15.—

In a milder sense, carelessness, heedlessness (ante-class.):

linguae,

Suet. Tib. 61; Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 3.—

Transf.

Of animals, viciousness:

cornuti fere perniciosi sunt propter petulantiam,

Col. 7, 6, 4.—

Of things, exuberance, luxuriance:

ramorum,

Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 124:

morbi,

violence, Gell. 12, 5, 9.

sēcūrĭtas, ātis, f. [securus], freedom from care, unconcern, composure.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.): Democriti securitas, quae est animi tamquam tranquillitas, quam appellavit euthumian, eo separanda fuit ab hac disputatione, quia ista animi tranquillitas ea ipsa est beata vita, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

securitatem nunc appello vacuitatem aegritudinis, in quā vita beata posita est,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 42:

vacandum omni est animi perturbatione, ut tranquillitas animi et securitas assit, quae affert cum constantiam tum etiam dignitatem,

id. Off. 1, 21, 69:

beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 53; id. Lael. 15, 45 and 47; id. Att. 4, 16, 10; Liv. 36, 41; Cels. 4, 4 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 52 (opp. cura); Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12 (opp. timor); 7, 6, 14; 7, 10, 60; Tac. A. 3, 44; 11, 3 fin.; Sen. Ep. 105, 7:

securitas inaffectatae orationis,

quietness, Quint. 11, 1, 93; cf.:

vocis ac vultus,

Tac. A. 15, 55.— Plur. (opp. curae):

somno ac securitatibus jam dudum hoc fuit,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—With gen. obj.:

operosissima securitas mortis in M. Ofilio Hilaro ab antiquis traditur,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 184.—

In a bad sense, carelessness, heedlessness, negligence (not till after the Aug. period;

syn. incuria): neminem celerius opprimi quam qui nihil timeret et frequentissimum initium esse calamitatis securitatem,

Vell. 2, 118, 2:

res altera taedium laboris, altera securitatem parit,

Quint. 2, 2, 6; 2, 5, 13; 2, 3, 4; 4, 1, 55; 6, 1, 34; 6, 3, 62; Tac. H. 3, 83; Gell. 1, 15, 2; 4, 20, 8.—With gen. obj.:

memoriae plerumque inhaeret fidelius, quod nullā scribendi securitate laxatur,

Quint. 10, 6, 2.—

Transf., object., freedom from danger, safety, security (not till after the Aug. period):

cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis securitatisque nulla sunt,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171:

securitatis urbanae custos,

Vell. 2, 98, 1:

securitas securitate mutuā persciscenda est,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 5; cf.:

securitati ante quam vindictae consulere,

Tac. A. 11, 31:

perpetua Romani imperii,

Vell. 2, 103, 3:

tutela securitatis,

id. 2, 128, 3:

nec spem modo ac votum securitas publica, sed ipsius voti fiduciam assumserit,

Tac. Agr. 3:

itinerum,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21:

annonae,

Tac. A. 15, 18:

somnum a repentinā securitate datum,

Just. 11, 13, 3:

dextras securitatis,

a safe conduct, Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 30.—Hence, SECVRITAS, personified as the tutelary goddess of the Roman State, Inscr. Orell. 1830 and 1831.—

Mercant. t. t., a guarantee, security for a debt or obligation (by hypothecation, mortgage; by receipt or acknowledgment, etc.): id quod sibi debetur, consequi debet vel ejus securitatem, Dig. 27, 4, 1 fin.—Plur., Amm. 17, 10, 4; Symm. Ep. 10, 43 fin.

tĕmĕrĭtas, ātis, f [temere].

Hap. chance, accident (so rare but class., cf.:

fortuna. casus): in quibus nulla temeritas, sed ordo apparet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82 quid enim sors est? Idem propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere, quod tesseras quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet, id. Div 2, 41, 85 fortunam in temeritatem declinando corrumpebant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 5, cf. (Pacuvius) ait, verius esse temeritate quam fortuna res regi, Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36:

illa superiora caduca et incerta posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20.—

Rashness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, hastiness, want of consideration, indiscretion, foolhardiness, temerity; a rash, inconsiderate, or unfounded opinion (the predom. signif. of the word, syn.:

inconsiderantia, audacia): omnis actio vacare debet temeritate et neglegentia,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 101. multi faciunt multa temeritate quādam, sine judicio vel modo, id. ib. 1, 15, 49: numquam temeritas cum sapientiā miscetur. id. Marcell. 2, 7;

duci ad judicandum impetu et temeritate,

id. Planc. 4, 9:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum reprehendit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52: inpellit alios avaritia, alios iracundia et temeritas, id. ib, 7, 42; Sall. J. 7, 5;

temeritas est florentis aetatis, prudentia senescentis,

Cic. Sen. 6, 20;

so opp prudentia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; (with ignorantia) Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 42; (with inscitia) Liv 6, 30, 6; 42, 49, 5; (with inscientia) id. 22, 25, 12.—In plur., rash, inconsiderate acts, Cic. Sest. 28, 61; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 97