I.diligence, activity, assiduity, industry: “ingenium industriā alitur,” Cic. Cael. 19, 45: “in agendo,” id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 29: “qui in scribendo tantum industriae ponam,” spend so much pains on writing, id. Fam. 3, 9, 3: “magnā industriā bellum apparavit,” Nep. Ages. 3, 2: “itineris,” assiduity on the journey, Suet. Aug. 8: “illi numquam super industriam fortuna fuit,” did not surpass his assiduity, Sall. J. 95, 4 al.: “qui ipsus se contemnit, in eo est indoles industriae,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41: de or ex industria, diligently, assiduously; and hence, esp., on purpose, purposely, intentionally: “de industria,” Cic. Or. 44, 151; id. Off. 1, 7, 24; Ter. And. 4, 4, 56; Curt. 5, 3, 9; 5, 4, 8; 6, 1, 3 al.: “ex industria,” Liv. 1, 56, 8; 26, 51, 11; Curt. 6, 5, 7 al.; “also simply: industriā,” Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 37; Plin. 16, 1, 2, § 5; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 16; and: “ob industriam,” Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 11.—Rarely in plur.: “summis opibus atque industriis,” Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 1; so Auct. Her. 3, 7, 14 (cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 7, p. 433).
industrĭa , ae, f. industrius,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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