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|lshtext=<b>infirmĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[infirmus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[want]] of [[strength]]; [[weakness]], [[feebleness]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: puerorum, Cic. de Sen. 10, 33: [[summa]] [[gracilitas]] et [[infirmitas]] corporis, id. Fam. 7, 1: oculorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 21: [[propter]] [[sexus]] infirmitatem, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 1: aetatis, Paul. Sent. 1, 7, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic. (sc. corporis, valetudinis), [[infirmity]], [[indisposition]], [[sickness]]: suspicionem infirmitatis [[dare]], Suet. Tib. 72: infirmitate [[correptus]], Just. 28, 3; Plin. Ep. 10, 6, 1: infirmitate [[impeditus]], Dig. 4, 6, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: hordeo [[contra]] tempestates maxima [[infirmitas]], Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78: aedificii, Dig. 39, 2, 43: nimia vini, Col. 12; 20, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Concr., of the weaker [[sex]], women, Liv. 34, 7 fin.: [[infirmitas]] a robustioribus separanda est, children, Quint. 2, 2, 14. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: animi, [[want]] of [[spirit]], [[want]] of [[courage]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: mentis, Sen. Ep. 11: memoriae, [[weakness]], Dig. 41, 2, 44: [[necesse]] est aut infirmitati aut invidiae adsignetur, Caec. in Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[fickleness]], [[inconstancy]]: infirmitatem Gallorum [[veritus]], [[quod]] sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles, Caes. B. G. 4, 5.
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