impatientia
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
impătĭentĭa: (inp-), ae, f. impatiens.
I Unwillingness or inability to bear any thing, want of endurance, impatience (post-Aug.).
(a) With gen.: nauseae, Suet. Calig. 23 fin.: frigorum, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: aetas extrema, fessa mente, retinet silentii impatientiam, Tac. A. 4, 52: caritatis, id. ib. 13, 21: Veneris, i. e. impatience, App. M. 2, p. 121.—
(b) Absol.: ne ipse visendo ejus tormenta ad impatientiam dilaberetur, Tac. A. 15, 63: culpa impatientiae, Gell. 1, 13, 3. —
II Insensibility, impassibility, apathy, as a transl. of the Gr. ἀπάθεια, Sen. Ep. 9, 1.
