(adj.adv.) : sōcors (o short, Prud. Cath. 1, 33; cf. socordia), cordis, adj. se, = sine, and cor(d)s
* Mentally dull, i. e.
* 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.
* 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.