weakness Copy link Outline 1. infirmĭtas2. dēbĭlĭtas3. imbēcillĭtas4. languor (w. visibly evidenced by languor)5. lĕvĭtas (of arguments, etc.)6. tĕnuĭtas7. exīlĭtas8. mollĭtĭes, ei; or, -ia, ae, f. (softness, irresolution)9. vitium, culpa, error • weakness: 1. infirmĭtas: w. of body, i. corporis, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: w. of mental power, i. animi, id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10. 2. dēbĭlĭtas: w. of limbs, membrorum d., Liv. 33, 2: w. of mind, animi d., Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49. 3. imbēcillĭtas: disease and w. of body, morbus et i. corporis, id. Att. 11, 6, 4: on account of w. and helplessness we require friendship, propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata est amicitia, id. Am. 8, 26: w. of judgment, i. consilii, id. Fin. 1, 32, 117. 4. languor (w. visibly evidenced by languor): the mind owing to the body's w. cannot use limbs or senses, animus languore corporis nec membris uti nec sensibus potest, id. Div. 2, 62, 128. 5. lĕvĭtas (of arguments, etc.): the w. of which opinion wants no words (to refute it) from me, cujus opinionis levitas non desiderat orationem meam, id. N. D. 2, 17, 45. 6. tĕnuĭtas: the w. of the treasury, t. aerarii, id. Off. 2, 21, 74. 7. exīlĭtas: the w. of a woman's voice, t. femineae vocis, Quint. 1, 11, 1. 8. mollĭtĭes, ei; or, -ia, ae, f. (softness, irresolution): you know our Nicias' feebleness and w., nosti Niciae nostri imbecillitatem, mollitiam, Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2: it is w. of mind not to be able to endure want for a time, animi est mollitia inopiam paulisper ferre non posse, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: of such w. (tenderness) and gentleness am I, qua mollitia sum ac lenitate, Cic. Sull. 6, 18. 9. vitium, culpa, error: v. fault, failing. Phr.: w. of a kingdom, state: *regni, reipublicae opes attritae, fractae, senescentes: w. of the eyes, *oculi hebetiores: and often w. of a thing, would be expr. in Latin by the adj.