idleness Copy link Outline I. Doing nothing1. cessātio2. ōtiumII. Indisposition for work • idleness: I. Doing nothing: 1. cessātio: to find a sly opportunity for i., furtum cessationis quaerere, Cic. Fam. 16, 26: there is no room for i., non datur c.. Pl. Poen. 4, 2, 103. 2. ōtium: v. leisure. II. Indisposition for work: ignāvia, dēsĭdia, segnĭtia: v. laziness, sloth. Phr.: busy i., inanis discursus, inepti labores, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 7.