desidiose
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desidiose:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
idly; indolently; slothfully;
- Entry →desidiosus, desidiosa -um, desidiosior -or -us, desidiosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
idle, indolent, lazy; slothful; causing idleness, making lazy (L+S);
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...conscius ipse animus se forte remordet desidiose agere aetatem lustrisque perire, aut quod in ambiguo verbum iaculata reliquit..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...satis indignande Cupido, o in corde meo desidiose puer— quid me, qui miles numquam tua signa reliqui, laedis..."
