impătĭens — Lewis & Short
impătĭens (inp-), entis, adj.2. inpatiens.
I That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).
A Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.
(a) With gen.:
viae,Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:
miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,Tac. H. 2, 99:
vulneris,Verg. A. 11, 639:
morbi,Suet. Gramm. 3:
morae,Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:
aeger morā et spei impatiens,Tac. H. 2, 40:
maeroris,Suet. Calig. 24:
longioris sollicitudinis,id. Oth. 9:
discidii,id. Dom. 9:
veritatis,Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:
impatiens expersque viri,not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:
viri,id. F. 6, 288:
Nympharum,id. M. 4, 260:
quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,Suet. Tib. 59:
somni,Val. Fl. 1, 296:
morarum,Amm. 28, 1, 9:
superioris,Quint. 11, 1, 16.—Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:
Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,Liv. 5, 38.—Sup.:
sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,Col. 7, 11, 3:
Marius quietis impatientissimus,Vell. 2, 23, 1.—
(b) With inf.:
cohibere furorem,Sil. 11, 98:
nescire torum,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—
(g) Absol.:
nihil est impatientius imperitia,Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:
impatientissima sollicitudo,Gell. 12, 1, 22.—
B Of things:
corpus laborum impatiens,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:
cera impatiens caloris,id. A. A. 2, 60:
aesculus umoris,Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:
caulis vetustatis,id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:
navis gubernaculi,Curt. 9, 4; 11:
terra hominum,Luc. 7, 866; cf.:
solum Cereris,id. 9, 857:
mammae lactis,i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.—Sup.:
pisum impatientissimum frigorum,Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—
II That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:
Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):
amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:
indoluit,Tac. A. 4, 17.—Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. —Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.