sloth Copy link Outline I. The quality1. segnĭtia and segnĭties, ēi (sluggishness, dilatoriness)2. dēsĭdia (sitting idle and doing nothing3. ignāvia (want of energy and spirit)4. sōcordia (apathy, remissness)5. ĭnertia (aversion to activity or labour)6. pigrĭtiaII. The animal • sloth: I. The quality: 1. segnĭtia and segnĭties, ēi (sluggishness, dilatoriness): most indolent s., segnitia inertissima, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5: what so tardy s. ..., quae tam sera segnities ..., Virg. Aen. 2, 374: v. sluggishness. 2. dēsĭdia (sitting idle and doing nothing: the segnis homo acts, but acts sluggishly: the deses, not at all): to surrender oneself to languor and s., languori et desidiae se dedere, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123: opp. to industria, id. Sext. 48, fin. Join: desidia segnitiesque, Suet. 3. ignāvia (want of energy and spirit): to spend one's life in luxury and s., per luxum atque i. aetatem agere, Sall. J. 2. 4. sōcordia (apathy, remissness): Join: socordia atque desidia, Auct. Her. 2, 23, 35: opp. to industria, Tac. A. 2, 38, med. 5. ĭnertia (aversion to activity or labour): more fully, inertia laboris, Cic. R. Com. 8, 24. Join: segnities atque inertia, Liv. 6. pigrĭtia: Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, where it is defined as metus consequentis laboris: Liv. (who uses the form pigrities). II. The animal: *brădy̆pus, pŏdis: Linn.