(adj.adv.) : impătĭens (inp-), entis, adj. 2. inpatiens.
* That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).
* Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.
* 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.
* 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.
* Absol.: nihil est impatientius imperitia,Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.: impatientissima sollicitudo,Gell. 12, 1, 22.

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