imbecillitas

imbēcillĭtas ( inb- ), ātis, f. [imbecillus], weakness, feebleness (class.; cf. infirmitas).

I.

Of the body: Tulliae meae morbus et imbecillitas corporis me exanimat. Cic. Att. 11, 6, 4:

virium (with infirmitas laterum),

id. Brut. 55, 202:

valetudinis,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

Niciae nostri (with mollitia),

id. Att. 12, 26, 2; Suet. Gramm. 14;

with senium,

id. Calig. 44: imbecillitate Augusti [p. 889] nuntiata, i. e. indisposition, id. Tib. 11:

qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, optendant,

Quint. 12, 10, 15:

materiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 2.—

B.

Transf., of condition as regards ability, powerlessness, impotency, helplessness, imbecility:

utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; 9, 29; 32; id. Rep. 1, 25, 39; 3, 14; cf.:

humani generis imbecillitatem fragilitatemque extimescere,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3.—

II.

Of the mind:

animi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 9:

ingenii,

Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1:

consilii,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

magistratuum,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 3:

fallit plerumque, quod probitas vocatur, quae est imbecillitas,

Quint. 6, 4, 12:

neque illos imbecillitatis damnandos,

Tac. A. 4, 8.