sluggish, slothful; dull
Ancient Greek word, found 32 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 11.559: νωθής, ᾧ δὴ πολλὰ περὶ ῥόπαλʼ ἀμφὶς ἐάγῃ,
Herodotus, Histories 3.53.1: … εε τὸν Λυκόφρονα ἐπὶ τὴν τυραννίδα· ἐν γὰρ δὴ τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τῶν παίδων οὔκων ἐνώρα, ἀλλά οἱ κατεφαίνετο εἶναι νωθέστερος.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1506: δεινὸς ὄφις, νωθὴς μὲν ἑκὼν ἀέκοντα χαλέψαι·
All forms of νωθής