Definition of indoles
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LNS
indolēs, indolis
indu = inolesco; indoles, incrementum, industria, Paul. ex Mull.
noun (f., 3rd pure I-stem declension)
  1. an inborn or native quality, natural quality, nature
  2. native quality, natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition
Abbreviations
ind-oles, is, f. indu = in-olesco; indoles, incrementum, industria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 106 Mull., an inborn or native quality, natural quality, nature (class.; cf. ingenium). In gen.: quae indoles in savio est! Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 10: frugum pecudum, Liv 38, 17, 10: arborum, Gell. 12, 1, 16.

— In partic., native quality, natural abilities of men, talents, genius, disposition: adulescentes bonā indole praediti, Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: virtutis, id. Off. 3, 4, 16; cf.: virtutum atque vitiorum, Liv. 21, 4 fin.: major ad virtutem, Cic. Or. 13, 41: segnis, Tac. A. 12, 26: praeclara, id. H. 1, 15: adulescens laetae indolis, Gell. 19, 9, 1: gener ob altam indolem adscitus, Liv. 21, 2, 4.

—In plur.: bonae animi indoles, Gell. 19, 12, 5.
 
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