assiduous Copy link Outline 1. assĭdŭus2. sēdŭlus • assiduous: 1. assĭdŭus: I heard that the man had been a., audivi hominem fuisse a., Cic.: a. toil, a. labor, Caes. 2. sēdŭlus: an a. farmer, s. agricola, Plin.: an a. nurse, s. nutrix, Ov.: v. diligent, industrious, attentive.
ASSIDUOUS Copy link • ASSIDUOUSassiduus (constantly active): sedulus (busily active, bustling: opposed to piger): industrius (restlessly active in high matters: opposed to segnis): diligens (carefully and closely applying one’s thoughts and exertions to the attainment of an object). To be assiduous in any business, in re agenda, acrem et industrium esse.