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Amor odit inertes [46]


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AMOR ODIT INERTES.translationtranslation
Aspice, ab irato testudo fugatur Amore;
Cunctanti nimiùm quæ pede reptat humi.
Impiger est Amor, & res non in crastina differt.
Nempe in Amore nocet sæpiùs alta mora.
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Plaut.
Tardo amante nihil est iniquius. translationtranslation

The slow louer speeds not.
The tortes by the which is signifyed sloth,
Cupid doth from him beat for slothfullness hee hates,
On watchfull speedynes hee diligently waites,
To vse delay in loue the louer must bee loth.

Odiosa pigritia.
Scaccia Amore amator di vigilanza
La testudine lenta, ei mai non dorme,
Sempre trauaglia, segue l’amate orme,
Odia l’otio, e l’inutile tardanza.

Een traghen minnaer bedijdt niet.
De schilt-padt daer men siet de traegheyt me bedieden/
Cupido van hem slaet; gheen traegheyt hy bemint/
Tot wack’re vlijtigheyt is hy altijdt ghesint.
’t Vertoeven in de Liefd’ den minnaer moet ontvlieden.

Tardif amant fascheux.
l’Amour chasse de soy la tardiuité lente,
Que monstre la tortue, il n’est point endormy,
Mais tousiours en besoigne, ainsi que la formy.
Au train d’Amour n’est bon le delay, ny l’attente.


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Translations

Liefde haat de slomen [cf. Ovidius, Ars amatoria 2, 229]
Love hates the sluggish. [cf. Ovidius, Ars amatoria 2, 229]
Kijk, de schildpad wordt door een woedende Amor verjaagd omdat hij met te aarzelende pas over de grond kruipt. Amor is energiek [ongeduldig] en stelt niets uit tot morgen. Want in de Liefde is lang uitstel vaak schadelijk.
Look, the tortoise is driven off by furious Amor because it creeps upon the floor with too hesitating step. Amor is impatient and he does not put off something till tomorrow. For often in Love long delay is harmful.
Plautus, Poenulus 504
Niets is erger dan een slome vriend.
Plautus, Poenulus 504
There is nothing more annoying than a sluggish friend.


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Iconclass

A cupid lashing forth with his bow at a tortoise
  • tortoises, turtles (+ animals used symbolically) [25F44(+1)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • tortoises, turtles (+ forward movement of animal(s)) [25F44(+521)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • coast [25H13] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • hitting at something [31A2743] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • flight, running away; pursuing [33B9] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • fortified city [45K14] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • Slowness, Tardiness; 'Tardité' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept) [51MM11(+3)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54AA11(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • Idleness; 'Otio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54DD2(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • Hate; 'Odio capitale' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56FF2(+4)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMOR ODIT INERTES)] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc. [92D142] Search for this Iconclass notation
  • attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)] Search for this Iconclass notation