About

Menu

socordia

socordia, dulness, carelessness, negligence, sloth, laziness, indolence, inactivity

BWL

socordiae sese atque ignaviae tradiderunt
they gave themselves over to folly and laziness

Could not find socordiae in Logeion dictionaries.

socordiae Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural of socordia

See socordiae in Morpho

sōcordĭa (o short, Prud. Apoth. 194; cf. socors; sometimes, on account of the etymology, written also sēcordĭa), ae, f. [socors], dulness of mind, i. e.,
  • I Weak-mindedness, silliness, folly, stupidity (very rare; syn.: insipientia, stoliditas): socordiam quidam pro ignaviā posuerunt (v. II.); Cato pro stultitiā posuit, Fest. pp. 292 and 293 Müll.: si quem socordiae argueret, stultiorem aiebat filio suo Claudio, Suet. Claud. 3; Tac. A. 4, 35.—
  • II Carelessness, negligence, sloth, laziness, indolence, inactivity (the predominant signif. of the word; used only in the sing.; cf. Diom. p. 314 P.; perh. only once in Cic.; syn.: ignavia, desidia, segnities): tu ad hoc diei tempus dormitasti in otio. Quin tu abs te socordiam omnem reicis segnitiem amoves, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6 (254): nisi somnum socordiamque ex pectore oculisque amovetis, id. Ps. 1, 2, 11 (142): nihil loci'st segnitiae neque socordiae, Ter. And. 206: socordia atque desidia, Auct. Her. 2, 23, 35; so (with desidia) Sall. C. 4, 1; (with ignavia) id. ib. 58, 4; (with incultus) id. J. 2, 4; (opp. industria) Tac. A. 2, 38: nostrā cunctatione et socordiā jam huc progressus, Liv. 22, 14, 5: Cyrenenses tardius iere. Id socordiāne an casu accideret, parum cognovi, Sall. J. 79, 5: socordiāne an vinolentiā, Tac. A. 12, 67: fortunā per socordiam non uti, Liv. 7, 35: nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset, exuere jugum potuere, Tac. Agr. 31 fin.: caeca ac sopita socordia, Quint. 1, 2, 5: Darei, Curt. 7, 4, 3.

Saved

Recent