frăgĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [fragilis], brittleness, fragility.
I Lit.: tus probatur candore, amplitudine, fragilitate, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65: tenuiora ferramenta oleo restingui mos est, ne aqua in fragilitatem durentur, id. 34, 14, 41, § 146.—
II Transf. (acc. to fragilis, II.), weakness , frailness , frailty : humani generis imbecillitatem fragilitatemque extimescere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: mortalitatis, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 2: naturae communis, Auct. Or. pro Marcello , 7, 22: fidei humanae, Ap. Met. 9, 18, 7.