imbellis — Lewis & Short
imbellis (inb-), e, adj.id.,
I unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).
I Of living beings:
ut imbelles timidique videamur,Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:
ignavi et imbelles,Liv. 26, 2, 11:
timidi et imbelles,Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;
at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,Sall. J. 20, 2:
strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,id. ib. 67, 2:
pro viro forti contra imbellem,Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:
feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,id. 38, 21, 14:
imbellis et pastoralis manus,Vell. 1, 8, 5:
caesorum major numerus et imbellior,Tac. H. 4, 33:
juventa,Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:
cervi,Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.
columba,Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:
dei,i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:
maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor ... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—
II Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:
sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.
lacerti,Ov. M. 13, 109:
Tarentum,peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:
Asia,Liv. 9, 19, 10:
nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,id. 21, 16, 3:
cithara,Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.
lyra,id. ib. 1, 6, 10:
plectrum,Ov. M. 5, 114:
carmen,Stat. Th. 10, 874:
oliva,Val. Fl. 5, 362:
fretum,calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:
tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:
ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,id. 4, 20, 9:
permultos annos imbelles agere,id. 9, 45, 10.