sēdŭlĭtas, ātis, f. [sedulus].
I Assiduity , application , zeal , earnestness , sedulousness , sedulity (class.; syn. diligentia): Balbi quoque Cornelii operam et sedulitatem laudare possum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2; cf.: pro sedulitate ac diligentiā, Suet. Galb. 12 fin. ; of ants: qui labor, quae sedulitas, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109; Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; id. Arch. 10, 25: ne mea sedulitas aut insidiosa aut inpudens videretur, id. Agr. 2, 5, 12 al.; Col. 6, 27, 1; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6: multae sedulitatis anus, Ov. F. 3, 668: non sentitur sedulitate labor, id. ib. 4, 434; id. P. 3, 8, 18: officiosa sedulitas et opella forensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8 et al.—*
II With an invidious implication, officiousness , obtrusiveness : sedulitas stulte quem diligit urget, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 260.