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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|lshtext=<b>obscūrĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[obscurus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[being]] [[dark]], [[darkness]], [[obscurity]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (perh. [[only]] [[post]]-Aug.): latebrarum, Tac. H. 3, 11: atra, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: visūs, [[dimness]], id. 23, 1, 20, § 35: oculorum, id. 37, 3, 12, § 51. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[class]].), [[obscurity]], [[indistinctness]], [[uncertainty]]: ut [[oratio]], quae [[lumen]] adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras afferat, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50: Pythagorae, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: [[obscuritas]] [[fit]] [[etiam]] vet is ab usu remotis, Quint. 8, 2, 12: in eā obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium, [[uncertainty]], Cic. Clu. 27, 73: rerum, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: naturae, id. Div. 1, 18, 35.—In | |lshtext=<b>obscūrĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[obscurus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[being]] [[dark]], [[darkness]], [[obscurity]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (perh. [[only]] [[post]]-Aug.): latebrarum, Tac. H. 3, 11: atra, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: visūs, [[dimness]], id. 23, 1, 20, § 35: oculorum, id. 37, 3, 12, § 51. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[class]].), [[obscurity]], [[indistinctness]], [[uncertainty]]: ut [[oratio]], quae [[lumen]] adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras afferat, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50: Pythagorae, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: [[obscuritas]] [[fit]] [[etiam]] vet is ab usu remotis, Quint. 8, 2, 12: in eā obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium, [[uncertainty]], Cic. Clu. 27, 73: rerum, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: naturae, id. Div. 1, 18, 35.—In plur.: quo [[pertinent]] obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: obscuritates non adsignemus culpae scribentium, sed inscientiae non adsequentium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5: obscuritatibus involutum, Arn. 1, 38.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[rank]], [[obscurity]], [[lowliness]], [[meanness]]: quorum prima [[aetas]] [[propter]] humilitatem et obscuritatem, in hominum ignoratione versatur. Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: [[sordes]] et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium perstringemus, Tac. H. 1, 84: generis, Flor. 3, 1, 13: nec [[obscuritas]] inhibuit (Servium Tullium), [[quamvis]] matre servā creatum, id. 1, 6, 1. | ||
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Revision as of 09:24, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obscūrĭtas: ātis, f. obscurus,
I a being dark, darkness, obscurity.
I Lit. (perh. only post-Aug.): latebrarum, Tac. H. 3, 11: atra, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: visūs, dimness, id. 23, 1, 20, § 35: oculorum, id. 37, 3, 12, § 51. —
II Trop. (class.), obscurity, indistinctness, uncertainty: ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras afferat, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50: Pythagorae, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: obscuritas fit etiam vet is ab usu remotis, Quint. 8, 2, 12: in eā obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium, uncertainty, Cic. Clu. 27, 73: rerum, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: naturae, id. Div. 1, 18, 35.—In plur.: quo pertinent obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: obscuritates non adsignemus culpae scribentium, sed inscientiae non adsequentium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5: obscuritatibus involutum, Arn. 1, 38.—
B Of rank, obscurity, lowliness, meanness: quorum prima aetas propter humilitatem et obscuritatem, in hominum ignoratione versatur. Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium perstringemus, Tac. H. 1, 84: generis, Flor. 3, 1, 13: nec obscuritas inhibuit (Servium Tullium), quamvis matre servā creatum, id. 1, 6, 1.
