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1. industrĭa, ae, f. [industrius], diligence, activity, assiduity, industry: ingenium industriā alitur, Cic. Cael. 19, 45: in agendo, id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 29: qui in scribendo tantum industriae ponam, spend so much pains on writing, id. Fam. 3, 9, 3: magnā industriā bellum apparavit, Nep. Ages. 3, 2: itineris, assiduity on the journey, Suet. Aug. 8: illi numquam super industriam fortuna fuit, did not surpass his assiduity, Sall. J. 95, 4 al.: qui ipsus se contemnit, in eo est indoles industriae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41: de or ex industria, diligently, assiduously; and hence, esp., on purpose, purposely, intentionally: de industria, Cic. Or. 44, 151; id. Off. 1, 7, 24; Ter. And. 4, 4, 56; Curt. 5, 3, 9; 5, 4, 8; 6, 1, 3 al.: ex industria, Liv. 1, 56, 8; 26, 51, 11; Curt. 6, 5, 7 al.; also simply: industriā, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 37; Plin. 16, 1, 2, § 5; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 16; and: ob industriam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 11.
Rarely in plur.: summis opibus atque industriis, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 1; so Auct. Her. 3, 7, 14 (cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 7, p. 433).

industrĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. indo for in, and struo; lit. building within, i. e. active within; hence], active, diligent, assiduous, industrious (class.): homo gnavus et industrius, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53: homines vigilantes, sobrii, industrii, id. Cael. 31, 74; id. Att. 8, 11, 13, § 1: vir acer et industrius in rebus gerendis, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57: industrios ac ignavos pax in aequo tenet, Tac. A. 12, 12: petit aquilas armis industrius, Juv. 8, 52.
Comp.: industrior or industriior (ante-class.): quo neque industrior de juventute erat, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 72: imperator exercitum industriiorem facit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 601 P.
Adv.: industrĭē, diligently, industriously: rem publicam curare, Cato ap. Charis. p. 181 P.: ut ea diligenter industrieque administrarent, Caes. B. G. 7, 60: tueri Siciliam, Quint. 5, 13, 35: causas actitare, Suet. Galb. 3.