imbecillum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →imbecillus, imbecilla -um, imbecillior -or -us, imbecillissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weak/feeble; delicate (plant); fragile; ineffective; lacking in power/resources;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →imbecillis, imbecille, imbecillior -or -us, imbecillissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weak/feeble; delicate (plant); fragile; ineffective; lacking in power/resources;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...bene composita disturbat et renouat affectus et quicquid imbecillum in animo nec percuratum est exulcerat. Miscenda tamen ista..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...alia pro Syria paratae ultro inrumpere; sibi imbecillum equitem pabuli inopia; nam exorta vi locustarum aberat quicquid herbidum..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quamquam genua patrum advolveretur luctumque communem et magis imbecillum tali super casu feminarum animum aliaque in eundem dolorem..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Romanum agmen ad similitudinem barbari incessus convertant. non imbecillum tantum et imparem laboribus sexum sed, si licentia adsit..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...metuebantur. sed Chattis adeo inprovisus advenit, ut quod imbecillum aetate ac sexu statim captum aut trucidatum sit. iuventus..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...debilitat verecundia, perversa confirmat audacia. Exemplo est Regulus. Imbecillum latus, os confusum, haesitans lingua, tardissima inventio, memoria nulla..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...firmissimi mortem doleo, doleo autem — licet me imbecillum putes — meo nomine. Amisi enim, amisi vitae meae testem rectorem..."
