I.mentally dull, i. e.,
I. 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.—
II. 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.