pusillanimity
pusillanimity
subs.
See cowardice.
Shrinking: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.
subs.
See cowardice.
Shrinking: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.
PUSILLANIMITY
animi demissio or (stronger) infractio; animi contractio imbecillitas; animus parvus demissus fractus imbecillus (Cic.); also simply contractio (Cic.).
animi demissio or (stronger) infractio; animi contractio imbecillitas; animus parvus demissus fractus imbecillus (Cic.); also simply contractio (Cic.).
pusillanimity:
1. ănĭmus hŭmĭlis, imbēcillus, etc.: to show p. in the endurance of suffering, dolores humili imbecilloque animo ferre, Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: what p. is this! *quam sunt haec animi humilis atque imbecilli! Animus abjectus is also near akin to Eng. cf. Cic. Am. 16, 59, where abjectior animus denotes the disposition to undervalue oneself: animus dejectus denotes discouragement and being cast down.
2. ănĭmi dēbĭlĭtas Cic. Fin. l. c. (cf. also id. in Pis. 36, 88, where debilitatio atque abjectio animi denote the active manifestation of the quality described as debilitas animi, animus humilis atque imbecillus): also, imbecillitas animi, Caes. B. G. 7, 77. Comp. timor et infractio quaedam animi et demissio, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14 (also strictly denoting the active manifestation of a quality there designated timiditas et ignavia).
3. tĭmĭdĭtas, ignāvia (cf. supr.): v.TIMIDITY , COWARDICE . (N.B.--Beware of using pusillus animus, which denotes simply a small or narrow spirit, and has no special application to the vice of cowardice or pusillanimity. Pusillanimitas, quite barbarous.)
1. ănĭmus hŭmĭlis, imbēcillus, etc.: to show p. in the endurance of suffering, dolores humili imbecilloque animo ferre, Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: what p. is this! *quam sunt haec animi humilis atque imbecilli! Animus abjectus is also near akin to Eng. cf. Cic. Am. 16, 59, where abjectior animus denotes the disposition to undervalue oneself: animus dejectus denotes discouragement and being cast down.
2. ănĭmi dēbĭlĭtas Cic. Fin. l. c. (cf. also id. in Pis. 36, 88, where debilitatio atque abjectio animi denote the active manifestation of the quality described as debilitas animi, animus humilis atque imbecillus): also, imbecillitas animi, Caes. B. G. 7, 77. Comp. timor et infractio quaedam animi et demissio, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14 (also strictly denoting the active manifestation of a quality there designated timiditas et ignavia).
3. tĭmĭdĭtas, ignāvia (cf. supr.): v.