indifferens

Latin > English

indifferens (gen.), indifferentis ADJ :: indifferent; neither good nor bad; unconcerned

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-diffĕrens: entis, adj.,
I in which there is no difference, indifferent.
I Act., of persons, making no difference, indifferent, careless (post-class.): circa victum, Suet. Caes. 53.—
II Pass.
   A Philos. t. t., neither good nor evil, not to be sought or avoided (class.): necesse est, nec bonum esse nec malum hoc quod praepositum vel praecipuum nominamus; idque ita definimus, quod sit indifferens cum aestimatione mediocri; quod enim illi ἀδιάφορον dicunt, id mihi ita occurrit ut indifferens dicerem, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: nihil indifferens gloriosum est; mors autem gloriosum est; ergo mors non est indifferens, Sen. Ep. 82, 10.—Hence, subst.: indiffĕrens, ntis, n., a thing indifferent, neither good nor evil: si valetudo indifferens est, bene valere indifferens est, Sen. Ep. 117, 8: cur dolor apud Stoicos indifferens esse dicitur, non malum, Gell. 12, 5, 4: Zeno censuit voluptatem esse indifferens, id est neutrum, neque bonum neque malum, id. 9, 5, 5.—Plur.: haec quae indifferentia vocamus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 4 al.—
   B In gram., of the syllaba anceps, doubtful, Quint. 9, 9, 48; 93.—Hence, adv.: in-diffĕrenter, without distinction, indiscriminately, indifferently (post-Aug.): uti utraque appellatione, Quint. 11, 3, 1; 9, 2, 6: uti his litteris, Gell. 10, 24, 8: ferre, to bear with indifference, unconcern; opp. graviter, Suet. Dom. 23: vivere, to eat of everything without distinction, Scrib. Comp. 122.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

indiffĕrēns,¹² tis (in, differo), indifférent,
1 [sens philos.] ni bon, ni mauvais, ni à souhaiter, ni à éviter : Cic. Fin. 3, 53 ; Sen. Ep. 82, 10 ; 117, 8 ; Vita b. 22, 4 ; Gell. 12, 5, 4 || subst. n., chose indifférente : Gell. 9, 5, 5
2 [gramm.] syllabe ni longue, ni brève, commune : Quint. 9, 4, 48
3 qui ne se préoccupe pas de : Suet. Cæs. 53.

Latin > German (Georges)

in-differēns, entis (in u. differo), keinen Unterschied habend, sich nicht unterscheidend, gleichgültig, indifferent, a) v. Lebl., sed venit in breves (syllabas), quamvis habeatur indifferens ultima, Quint. 9, 4, 93: rhythmo indifferens est, ne (enklit.)... an etc., Quint. 9, 4, 48. – dah. als t. t. der stoischen Philos., indifferens = αδιάψορον (s. Gell. 9, 5, 5), weder gut noch böse, gleichgültig, ein Mittelding, Cic. de fin. 3, 53. Sen. ep. 82, 10 u. 117, 9. Gell. 12, 5, 4. – b) v. Pers., gleichgültig bei etwas, circa victum, kein Kostverächter, Suet. Caes. 53.