phlegm Copy link Outline I. Mucus1. pītŭīta (or as three syll.)2. phlegma, ătis, n. (only as med. t. t.)II. Coldness of temperament • phlegm: I. Mucus: 1. pītŭīta (or as three syll.): when there is a discharge of p., quum p. abundat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, init.: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, extr., quum p. molesta est: Plin. 2. phlegma, ătis, n. (only as med. t. t.): to dispel p., p. dissolvere, Pall. 8, 6: Veg. Vet. II. Coldness of temperament: lentĭtūdo: v. indifference. (Tarditas ingenii, Cic. Or. 68, 229 [Kr.], is defect of natural talent, dulness.) Or perh. pătientia: cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5 ("patientia de animo humili qui perfert etiam indigna").