unwarlike

imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).

Of living beings:

ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ignavi et imbelles,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

timidi et imbelles,

Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,

id. ib. 67, 2:

pro viro forti contra imbellem,

Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:

feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,

id. 38, 21, 14:

imbellis et pastoralis manus,

Vell. 1, 8, 5:

caesorum major numerus et imbellior,

Tac. H. 4, 33:

juventa,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:

cervi,

Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.

columba,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:

dei,

i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:

maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,

i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,

weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.

lacerti,

Ov. M. 13, 109:

Tarentum,

peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Asia,

Liv. 9, 19, 10:

nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,

id. 21, 16, 3:

cithara,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.

lyra,

id. ib. 1, 6, 10:

plectrum,

Ov. M. 5, 114:

carmen,

Stat. Th. 10, 874:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 5, 362:

fretum,

calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:

tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,

Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:

ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,

id. 4, 20, 9:

permultos annos imbelles agere,

id. 9, 45, 10.

imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).

Of living beings:

ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ignavi et imbelles,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

timidi et imbelles,

Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,

id. ib. 67, 2:

pro viro forti contra imbellem,

Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:

feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,

id. 38, 21, 14:

imbellis et pastoralis manus,

Vell. 1, 8, 5:

caesorum major numerus et imbellior,

Tac. H. 4, 33:

juventa,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:

cervi,

Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.

columba,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:

dei,

i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:

maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,

i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,

weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.

lacerti,

Ov. M. 13, 109:

Tarentum,

peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Asia,

Liv. 9, 19, 10:

nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,

id. 21, 16, 3:

cithara,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.

lyra,

id. ib. 1, 6, 10:

plectrum,

Ov. M. 5, 114:

carmen,

Stat. Th. 10, 874:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 5, 362:

fretum,

calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:

tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,

Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:

ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,

id. 4, 20, 9:

permultos annos imbelles agere,

id. 9, 45, 10.

ōtĭum, ĭi, n.

In gen., leisure, vacant time, freedom from business (class.; opp. negotium; cf.: immunitas, vacatio): otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, Quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 252 Vahl.): fecero;

quamquam haut otium est,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 36:

tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 23: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

in otio de negotiis cogitare,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:

otium inertissimum et desidiosissimum,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—

In partic.

Ease, inactivity, idle life (cf.:

ignavia, desidia, inertia): vitam in otio agere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 9:

hebescere et languescere in otio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

propter desidiam in otio vivere,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 103:

otio tabescere,

id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

languere otio,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:

otium segne trahere,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

magna otia caeli,

Juv. 6, 394:

otium sine litteris mors est,

Sen. Ep. 82, 2:

ducere otia segnia,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 44:

exercere otia molli cura,

Sil. 15, 707. —

Leisure, time for any thing;

esp. for literary occupation: otium moderatum atque honestum,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: ad scribendum, id. Or. 1, 1, 3:

otium consumere in historiā scribendā,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 57:

otium litteratum,

id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105:

Tusculani requies atque otium,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 224:

studiosum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

abundare otio et studio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

otium rei si sit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165:

otium habere ad potandum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 3:

auscultandi,

time to hear, id. Ad. 3, 65:

horum libros delectationi causa, cum est otium, legere soleo,

when I have time, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 59:

si modo tibi est otium,

if you have time, id. Part. Or. 1, 1:

otium studio suppeditare,

to devote time to study, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1:

cum in otium venerimus,

Cic. Att. 1, 7:

me alebat Parthenope studiis florentem ignobilis oti,

i. e. unwarlike, peaceful leisure, Verg. G. 4, 564.—

The fruit of leisure:

otia nostra,

i. e. my poems, Ov. Tr. 2, 224.—

Rest, repose, quiet, peace (opp. bellum), Ter. Ad. prol. 20:

pax, tranquillitas, otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

mollia peragebant otia,

enjoyed calm repose, Ov. M. 1, 100:

multitudo insolens belli diuturnitate otii,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

res ad otium deducere,

id. ib. 1, 5:

valde me ad otium pacemque converto,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5:

ex maximo bello tantum otium toti insulae conciliavit,

Nep. Tim. 3, 2:

studia per otium concelebrata,

in times of peace, Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

ab hoste otium fuit,

Liv. 3, 32:

ab seditionibus urbanis,

id. 3, 35:

otium bello (rogare),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 5; 4, 15, 18:

quies aëris et otium et tranquillitas,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 8:

operis otium,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25.—

Adverb.

Abl. otio, at leisure, leisurely:

quam libet lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

Per otium, at leisure:

spolia legere,

Liv. 27, 2.