ignavus

Ita nunc apud infimos obtinuit hoc vitium, ut nullius fere pretii sit, et ignavus miles qui non in scortatione maxime excellat, et adulterio.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Nam gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus et ignavus aeque sibi exoptant; sed ille vera via nititur, huic quia bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

Oldbuck stood astonished at this last act of temerity. ` ` are you mad, Hector? '' he cried, ` ` or have you forgotten what is said by Quintus Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, --- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virg regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. ''

The Antiquary 1845

• Nam gloriam, honorem, imperhim, bonus ignavus aqtte fibi exoptant.

Narrative of a transaction which passed in Bengal in 1782-3, between James Fraser, esq. and the executors of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Hannay 1787

Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, -- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. "

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, -- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. "

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

Quintus Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, — Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most.”

The Antiquary 1584