socors

sōcors (o short, Prud. Cath. 1, 33; cf. socordia), cordis, adj. [se, = sine, and cor(d)s], mentally dull, i. e.,

I.

Narrow-minded, silly, foolish, blockish, stupid, thoughtless, senseless, etc. (rare but class.;

syn.: stultus, stolidus, ineptus, insipiens, insulsus): socors naturā neglegensque,

Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

homines non socordes ad veri investigandi cupiditatem excitare,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

stolidi ac socordes,

Liv. 9, 34:

socors ingenium,

Tac. A. 13, 47:

animus,

id. H. 3, 36:

Tiberius callidior, Claudius socordior,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 fin. (cf. under socordia, I., the passage ap. Suet. Claud. 3):

apud socordissimos Scythas Anacharsis sapiens natus est,

App. Mag. p. 289, 25.—

II.

Careless, negligent, sluggish, slothful, lazy, inactive, etc. (not in Cic.;

syn.: ignavus, segnis),

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 5:

languidus et socors,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 8 Dietsch:

neque victoriā socors aut insolens factus,

id. J. 100, 1:

Sejanus nimiā fortunā socors,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

vulgus sine rectore praeceps, pavidum, socors,

id. H. 4, 37.—With gen.:

nolim ceterarum rerum te socordem eodem modo,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 61:

gregarius miles futuri socors,

Tac. H. 3, 31.—Hence, adv.: sŏcor-dĭter (acc. to II.), carelessly, negligently, slothfully (not used in posit. ); comp.: socordius ire milites occepere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 235, 15; so,

res acta,

Liv. 1, 22:

agere,

Tac. H. 2, 15.