indolence Copy link Outline 1. ĭnertia (lack of energy and activity)2. segnĭties, ēi; also -a, ae (backwardness, slowness3. dēsĭdia • indolence: 1. ĭnertia (lack of energy and activity): to make a concession to i., aliquid inertiae largiri, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 68. Join: segnities atque inertia, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, init. (Cic. uses inertia laboris, as a fuller expr., R. Com. 8, 24.) 2. segnĭties, ēi; also -a, ae (backwardness, slowness: esp. in attempting): most inactive i., inertissima segnitia, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5: Ter.: cf. supr. (1). 3. dēsĭdia: v. sloth.