inmotus

immōtus ( inm- ), a, um, adj. [in-motus], unmoved, immovable, motionless (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Lit.:

(illa arbor) immota manet,

Verg. G. 2, 293:

(Ceres) Sub Jove duravit multis immota diebus,

Ov. F. 4, 505:

supercilia (opp. mobilia),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

sceptrum,

id. ib. §

158: aquae,

i. e. frozen, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 222:

apum examina,

Col. 9, 4, 19:

serenus et immotus dies,

calm, Tac. H. 1, 86; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6; id. Pan. 82:

terrarum pondus sedet immotum,

Sen. Prov. 1, 2:

mare,

id. Suas. 1, 1:

cervix,

id. ib. 6, 17:

legio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

vultus,

id. ib. 2, 29. —

II.

Trop., unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, steadfast, firm:

mens immota manet,

Verg. A. 4, 449:

manent immota tuorum Fata tibi,

id. ib. 1, 257; cf.:

immota manet fatis Lavinia conjux,

id. ib. 7, 314:

immotas praebet mugitibus aures,

unmoved, Ov. M. 15, 465:

nympha procis,

Val. Fl. 5, 112:

adversus turmas acies,

Liv. 10, 14, 16; 21, 55, 10:

immotus iis,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

immota aut modice lacessita pax,

id. ib. 4, 32:

fides sociis,

Val. Fl. 3, 598:

felicis animi immota tranquillitas, Sen. de Ira, 2, 12, 6: constantia,

id. Const. 5, 4:

gaudium,

id. Vit. Beat. 4, 5:

animus,

Lact. 6, 17, 22.— In neutr.:

si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne, etc.,

immovable, unchangeable, Verg. A. 4, 15; so with an object-clause:

immotum adversus eos sermones fixumque Tiberio fuit non omittere caput rerum,

Tac. A. 1, 47.