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pigritia

pigritia, sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence

pī̆grĭtĭa, ae, and pī̆grĭtĭes, ēi, f. [piger], sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence (cf.: desidia, socordia, inertia, segnities).
  • I Lit.: pigritiam definiunt metum consequentis laboris, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: propter pigritiam aut ignaviam, id. Off. 1, 29, 102: noli putare pigritiā me facere, quod non meā manu scribam, id. Att. 15, 15: et haesitatio, [Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 6]; Petr. 85, 4: nox Romanis pigritiem ad sequendum fecit, Liv. 44, 42, 9: lentae crimine pigritiae, Mart. 11, 79, 2.—
  • II Transf.
      • 1 Tu das ingenuae jus mihi pigritiae, honorable repose, leisure, Mart. 12, 4, 6.—
      • 2 Stomachi, weakness of the stomach, Sen. Prov. 3, 6.

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