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insipientia

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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρίαRoot of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)

The Bible, 1 Timothy, 6:10

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

insĭpĭentĭa: ae, f. insipiens,
I want of wisdom, senselessness, folly (class.): ita fit, ut sapientia sanitas sit animi, insipientia autem quasi insanitas quaedam, quae est insania eademque dementia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; 3, 28, 68; Plaut. Am. prol. 36; id. Mil. 3, 3, 5; id. Poen. 5, 2, 130.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

īnsĭpĭentĭa,¹⁶ æ, f. (insipiens), folie, sottise : Pl. Amph. 36 ; Mil. 877