segnitas

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γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ → the fool laughs even when there's nothing to laugh at

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

segnĭtas: ātis, f. segnis, ante-class. for the class. segnitia,
I slowness, tardiness, dilatoriness, sluggishness, Att. ap. Non. 174, 23; so id. ib. 174, 21 (in Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 185, and Non. 251, 23; v. segnitia).