importunitas
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
importūnĭtas: (inp-), ātis, f. importunus.
I In gen., unsuitableness, unfitness (perh. only ante- and post - class., and very rare): importunitatem spectate aniculae, Ter. And. 1, 4, 4: loci, dangerousness, Gell. 3, 7, 5.—
II In partic., of character, unmannerliness, incivility, impoliteness, rudeness, insolence (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): importunitas et inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7: vide inter importunitatem tuam senatusque bonitatem quid intersit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 42: tanta importunitas tantaque injuria Facta in nos est modo hic intus ab nostro ero, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 6: importunitas et superbia Tarquinii, Cic. Rep. 1, 40; so, with superbia, id. Lael. 15, 54: homo incredibili importunitate atque audacia, id. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74: ex tuo scelere, importunitate, etc., id. ib. 2, 3, 54, § 126: matris, id. Clu. 69, 195: animi, id. ib. 61, 170: animal ex omnium scelerum importunitate et omnium flagitiorum impunitate concretum, id. Pis. 9, 21; id. Sull. 27, 75: illis, quantum importunitatis habent, parum est impune male fecisse, Sall. J. 31, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
importūnĭtās,¹² ātis, f. (importunus), position désavantageuse [d’un lieu] : Gell. 3, 7, 5 || entêtement : Ter. Andr. 231 || humeur acariâtre : Cic. CM 7 || caractère violent : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74 || rigueur, cruauté : Cic. de Or. 1, 230 ; Fam. 15, 4, 6 ; Rep. 1, 62.
