assiduitas

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Latin > English

assiduitas assiduitatis N F :: attendance, constant presence/attention/practice, care; recurrence, repetition

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

assĭdŭĭtas: (ads-), ātis, f. 2. assiduus,
I a constant presence with any one (in order to serve, aid, etc.; cf. assideo, I. B. 1.; most freq. in Cic.).
I In gen.: medici adsiduitas, constant attendance, Cic. Att. 12, 33: cotidiana amicorum adsiduitas et frequentia, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 3: eorum, qui abs te defensi sunt, id. ib. 1, 13: eandemque adsiduitatem tibi se praebuisse postridie, the same unceasing attendance, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42: summā adsiduitate cotidianā aliquem tractare, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.—So of the constant attendance, in the assemblies, of candidates for office (cf.: habitare in oculis, Cic. Planc. 27, 66): altera pars petitionis, quae in populari ratione versatur, desiderat nomenclationem, blanditiam, adsiduitatem, etc., Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, § 43: adsiduitatis et operarum harum cotidianarum putat esse consulatum, Cic. Mur. 9, 21: valuit adsiduitate, valuit observandis amicis, valuit liberalitate, id. Planc. 27 fin.: homo aut frugalitatis existimatione praeclara aut, id quod levissimum est, adsiduitate, id. Verr. 2, 1, 39. —First in Suet., without access. idea, for constant presence, Suet. Tib. 10.—
II Esp., with gen. of thing, with the idea of continuance in time, the continuance, duration, constancy of any thing; sometimes a frequent occurrence or repetition of it: adsiduitate molestiarum sensum omnem humanitatis ex animis amittimus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53 fin.: adsiduitate cotidianā et consuetudine oculorum adsuescunt animi, id. N. D. 2, 38, 96: bellorum, id. Off. 2, 21, 74: epistularum, unbroken correspondence, id. Fam. 16, 25: orationis, id. Att. 16, 5, 2: dicendi adsiduitas aluit audaciam, id. Inv. 1, 3, 4: contubernii, Tac. Or. 5: spectaculorum, Suet. Aug. 43: concubitus, id. Dom. 22: opprobrii, Vulg. Eccli. 41, 9: ejusdem litterae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 12, 18.—Without gen. of thing: talis in rem publicam nostram labor, adsiduitas, dimicatio, assiduity, unremitting application, Cic. Balb. 2, 6: adsiduitas illius non est, Vulg. Eccli. 7, 14: viri mendacis, ib. ib. 20, 27; 38, 28.

Latin > German (Georges)

assiduitās (adsiduitās), ātis, f. (assiduus), I) die beständige Gegenwart bei jmd., um ihm zu dienen, aufzuwarten usw. (s. Mencken Obss. p. 67 sqq.), medici, anhaltende Pflege, Cic. – die beständige Aufwartung, auch Begleitung der Freunde u. Klienten eines Großen, cotidiana amicorum assiduitas et frequentia, Cic.: salutandi ass., Amm.: eandem assiduitatem tibi praebuit postridie, Cic.: Bassus assiduitate, indulgitate victus, Sisenn. fr. – das beständige Aufwarten der Amtskandidaten, assiduitatis et operarum harum cotidianarum putat esse consulatum, Cic. Mur. 21. – selten die beständige Gegenwart übh., Suet. Tib. 10, 1. – II) übtr.: A) v. Pers. = das Ausharren bei etw., die Beständigkeit, beharrliche Ausdauer, et quo consilio profectus es, id assiduitate et virtute consequere, Cic.: ipse assiduitate, consilio, auctoritate, diligentiā perfecit, ut etc., Cic. – B) v. Dingen, mit dem Nbbegr. der ununterbrochenen Fortdauer in der Zeit, das beständige Fortdauern, Ununterbrochene, auch die häufige Wiederholung einer Sache, epistularum, ununterbrochener Briefwechsel, Cic.: molestiarum, unablässiges Ungemach, Cic.: litterae eiusdem, Cornif. rhet.: bellorum, Cic.