indignātĭo, ōnis, f. [indignor], displeasure, indignation, disdain.
I Lit.
A In gen.: sive indignatione et dolore vinculorum, Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 2 (Kraner, indignitate; class.): liberrima, Hor. Epod. 4, 10: erumpens animo ac pectore, Vell. 2, 66: senatus tanta exarsit, ut, etc., Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18: indignationem alicujus in se convertere, id. 9, 30, 48, § 92: movere, Liv. 4, 50, 1: publicae, id. 3, 48, 9.— Plur. , expressions of indignation : audiebantur, Liv. 25, 1, 9. —
B In partic., an exciting of indignation by rhetorical art: indignatio est oratio, per quam conficitur, ut in aliquem hominem magnum odium, aut in rem gravis offensio concitetur, Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 100; Quint. 4, 3, 15.—
II Transf.
A (Poet.) A provocation , occasion for indignation : ne qua indignatio desit, Juv. 5, 120.—
B A hurt , wound , injury to the body , a sore (only post-class.), Veg. Vet. 1, 63; 2, 13; 5, 14 al.