All 11 Uses of
sloth
in
Dante's Purgatory -- translated by Norton
- —Vision of examples of Anger—Ascent to the Fourth Ledge, where Sloth is purged—Second Nightfall—Virgil explains how Love is the root of Virtue and of Sin.†
Canto T.O.
- Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.†
Canto T.O. *
- Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.†
Canto T.O.
- "O sweet my Lord," said I, "look at him who shows himself more indolent than if sloth were his sister."†
Canto 1-11
- His slothful acts and his short words moved my lips a little to a smile, then I began, "Belacqua,[1] I do not grieve for thee now,[2] but tell me why just here thou art seated? awaitest thou a guide, or has only thy wonted mood recaptured thee?"†
Canto 1-11
- [3] The seven P's stand for the seven so-called mortal sins,— Peccati, not specific acts, but the evil dispositions of the soul from which all evil deeds spring,—pride, envy, anger, sloth (accidia), avarice, gluttony, and lust.†
Canto 1-11
- —Ascent to the Fourth Ledge, where Sloth is purged.†
Canto 12-22
- [1] It is the round on which the sin of acedie, sloth, is purged away.†
Canto 12-22
- Fourth Ledge The Slothful.†
Canto 12-22
- And he who was at every need my succor said: "Turn thee this way; see two of them coming, giving a bite to sloth."†
Canto 12-22
- Fourth Ledge: the Slothful—Dante dreams of the Siren.†
Canto 12-22
Definition:
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(sloth as in: mental sloth) laziness (an unwillingness to work or exert oneself)