segnis

Latin > English

segnis segne, segnior -or -us, segnissimus -a -um ADJ :: slow, sluggish, torpid, inactive; slothful, unenergetic; slow moving, slow

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

segnis: e, adj. commonly referred to sequor, that follows after, creeps after,
I slow, tardy, slack, dilatory, lingering, sluggish, inactive, unenergetic, lazy (in posit. not freq. till after the Aug. per., esp. in the histt.; in Cic. only comp., except in a passage from Non.; in Caes. only once in comp.; syn.: deses, ignavus, desidiosus, piger): (servi) quia tardius irent Propter onus segnes, Hor. S. 2, 3, 102; cf.: tardum et segne, Quint. 9, 4, 83: animus (opp. mobilis), Trogas ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275: puer segnis et jacens, Quint. 1, 3, 2: segnis inersque vocer, Tib. 1, 1, 58: segniores castigat atque incitat, * Caes. B. C. 1, 3; cf.: laudando promptos et castigando segnes, Tac. Agr. 21: segnes et pavidos, id. A. 16, 25: multa quae segnibus ardua videantur, id. ib. 15, 59: segnior esse, Cic. Att. 8, 11, B fin.: bonus segnior fit ubi neglegas, Sall. J. 31, 28: ne segniores viris feminas habere viderentur, Just. 2, 4, 27: equus aut morbo gravis aut segnior annis, Verg. G. 3, 95 et saep.: in quo tua me provocavit oratio, mea consecuta est segnis (segnius?), Cic. ap. Non. 33, 23: obsidio, Liv. 5, 46; 10, 10: bellum, id. 10, 12: pugna, id. 10, 36: navigatio, id. 30, 10: militia, id. 26, 21: mora, id. 25, 8 fin.; 34, 9; Ov. M. 3, 563: voluptas, id. R. Am. 404: otium, Tac. A. 14, 39 fin.; id. H. 4, 70: ingenium, id. A. 12, 26: imperium, Liv. 25, 14: pes (in the race), Hor. C. 3, 12, 9: Arar, slowly-flowing, sluggish, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; cf. aquae, Curt. 8, 9, 18: stellae (Ursa Major and Minor and Boötes), Val. Fl. 1, 484: campus, i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 1, 72; cf. arvum, id. ib. 1, 151; Luc. 9, 438: metus, id. 4, 700: sopor, Sen. Herc. Oet. 690: alter (terror) diutinus, sed segnior, slower, more lingering, Liv. 35, 40, 7: segnior mors (per venenum), id. 40, 4 fin.— Sup., App. Mag. p. 310, 21.—With a neg.: non segnior discordia, Liv. 2, 43; cf.: nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior erat, id. 21, 12: haud illo segnior ibat Aeneas, Verg. A. 4, 149; 7, 383; 8, 414.—
   (b)    Ad aliquid, less freq. in aliquā re, in aliquam rem: segniores posthac ad imperandum ceteri sint, Cic. Font. 7, 17 (3, 7); so in comp.: ad respondendum, id. Fin. 1, 10, 34: ad persequendum, Nep. Thras. 2, 2: ad laetitiam, Ov. P. 3, 4, 50; 4, 8, 75: ad credendum, Liv. 24, 13 fin.: ad alia facta, id. 44, 12: gnarus gentem segnem ad pericula, Tac. A. 14, 23: senatu segniore in exsequendis conatibus, Suet. Claud. 10: non in Venerem segnes nocturnaque bella, Verg. A. 11, 736; Maxim. Eleg. 5, 50. —
   (g)    With gen. (in Tac.): occasionum haud segnis, Tac. A. 16, 14: laeti praedā et aliorum segnes, id. ib. 14, 33.—
   (d)    With inf. (poet.): segnes nodum solvere Gratiae, Hor. C. 3, 21, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 19.—Hence, adv., slowly, sluggishly, slothfully, lazily.
   (a)    segnĭter: segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere, Liv. 2, 58; so id. 25, 35; 29, 19; 40, 40; Vell. 2, 69, 2; 2, 87, 1; Tac. A. 11, 26; id. H. 2, 71; Stat. S. 1, 4, 106 al.—
   (b)    segnē: haud segne id ipsum tempus consumpserat, Liv. 38, 22: nihil agendum segne ratus, Amm. 21, 10.—
   b Comp.: segnius atque timidius pro re publicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.: segnius socordiusque oppugnare, Liv. 40, 27; 30, 21; Tac. A. 11, 15; 13, 29; id. H. 3, 40; Hor. A. P. 180 al.—Esp. freq. with the negg. non, haud, nihilo segnius (for which, in the MSS., sequius or secius is freq. interchanged), none the slower, not the less actively, earnestly, or zealously, with the same activity or earnestness, with undiminished zeal: non ideo tamen segnius precor, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10; so, non segnius, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 77: haud segnius, Ov. M. 11, 534; Luc. 6, 286: nec segnius, Liv. 40, 40: neque segnius, Tac. A. 6, 13: neque eo segnius, Suet. Ner. 20: oppidani nihilo segnius bellum parare, Sall. J. 75, 10; so, nihilo segnius, Liv. 2, 47; 6, 38; 7, 18 fin.; 26, 12; 32, 22; 35, 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 5; Nep. Dat. 2, 4.—*
   c Sup.: nautae torpedinis tactu segnissime torpuerunt, Cassiod. Var. 1, 35.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sēgnis,⁹ e, lent, indolent, nonchalant, inactif, paresseux, apathique : propter onus segnes Hor. S. 2, 3, 102, lents, alourdis à cause de leur fardeau ; segniores incitare Cæs. C. 1, 3, 1, stimuler les gens trop apathiques ; segnior Cic. Att. 8, 11 b, 3, manquant un peu de zèle ; segnior ad respondendum Cic. Fin. 1, 34, moins prompt à la réplique, cf. Cic. Font. 17 ; segnis in pericula Tac. Ann. 14, 23, hésitant devant le danger ; segnis in nocturna bella Virg. En. 11, 736, mou aux combats nocturnes [de l’amour] ; occasionum haud segnis Tac. Ann. 16, 14, prompt à saisir les occasions, cf. Tac. Ann. 14, 33 ; segnis solvere Hor. O. 3, 21, 22, lent à dénouer, cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 19 ; Luc. 8, 296 || segnis militia Liv. 26, 21, 16, service militaire nonchalant, mou ; non segnior discordia fuit Liv. 2, 43, 1, le conflit eut autant de vivacité ; tam segnis mora Liv. 25, 8, 13, une inaction si prolongée ; cultus terræ segnior Cic. Leg. 2, 45, culture de la terre moins active.

Latin > German (Georges)

sēgnis, e (aus *sēq-ni-s zu griech. ἦκα, ἤκιστος, attisch ἥκιστος), schwerfällig, schläfrig, träge, langsam, laß (Ggstz. promptus, industrius), a) absol.: segnes et tardi, Sen.: laudare promptos et castigare segnes, Tac.: segniores castigare atque incitare, Caes.: equus segnior annis, Verg.: segnem volvi sinit, unvermögend zu fliehen, Verg.: corpus segnissimum, Apul. – aetas, Greisenalter, Curt. – bellum, nicht eifrig betrieben, Liv.: so auch obsidio, Liv.: mors (durch Gift, im Gegensatz zum Tode durch das Schwert), Liv.: cultus terrae segnior, Cic.: aqua, langsam fließend, Curt.: campus, ermüdet, kraftlos, Verg.: silva, unfruchtbar, Quint.: so auch carduus, Verg. – pugna segnis stat, bleibt unentschieden, Curt. – b) mit ad u. Akk.: segnes ad persequendum, Nep.: segnior ad respondendum, Cic.: nec ad citharam segnis nec ad arcum, v. Apollo, Ov.: gens s. ad pericula, Tac.: segnior ad alia factus consilia erat, Liv. – c) m. in u. Akk.: non in Venerem segnes nocturnaque proelia, Verg.: quo vulnere nec segnior in bellum nec iracundior adversus hostes factus est, Iustin. – und m. in u. Abl.: senatu segniore in exsequendis conatibus, Suet. – d) m. Genet.: laborum, Tac.: occasionum haud s., bei den sich darbietenden G., Tac.: operum segnes puellae, Claud. – e) poet. mit Infin.: solvere nodum, Hor. carm. 3, 21, 22: u. so Ov. trist. 5, 7, 19. Lucan. 10, 398. – / vulg. Kompar. segnitior, Ulp. dig. 47, 10, 17. § 17. Itin. Alex. 3 (7).

Latin > Chinese

segnis, e. adj. c. *s. :: 懶。慢。拙。怵。無益者。— dies 閒之日。— animus 怵性。— campus 瘦田。— aetas 老邁之時。Flatus segnis 慢喘氣。Segnes aquae 徐流之川。Segnia fata 遲到之死。*Segnitior pro Segnior.