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  • 1 īgnōbilis

        īgnōbilis e, adj.    [2 in+(g)nobilis], unknown, unrenowned, undistinguished, obscure: ad supremum diem perventurus: civitas, obscure, Cs.: otium, inglorious peace, V.—Of low birth, baseborn, ignoble: familia: virgo, T.: volgus, V.: regnum Tulli, H.
    * * *
    ignobilis, ignobile ADJ
    ignoble; unknown, obscure; of low birth

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  • 2 obscūrus

        obscūrus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SCV-], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure: umbra, C. poët.: lucus, V.: antrum, O.: tabernae, H.: lux, L.: lumen, darkness visible, S.: caelum, H.: ferrugo, black, V.: dentes, black, Iu.: aquae, i. e. turbid, O.—As subst n., the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis, V.—Poet.: Ibant obscuri, in the dark, V.—Fig., dark, obscure, dim, indistinct, unintelligible: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: ius: spes, uncertain: Rem nulli obscuram Consulis, V.: videre res obscurissimas: (causae) multo obscuriores, i. e. intricate.—Plur. n. as subst: Obscuris vera involvens, V.—Not known, unknown, not recognized: est populo obscurior, not so well known: Pallas, i. e. disguised, O.: non obscurum est, quid cogitaret, hard to discern: neque est obscurum, quin, etc., it is plain that.—Obscure, ignoble, mean, low: istorum diligentia, plodding, T.: in barbaris nomen obscurius, Cs.: fama est obscurior annis, by time, V.: obscuro loco natus, of an ignoble family: obscuris orti maioribus, from insignificant ancestors.—As subst n.: in obscuro vitam habere, S.—Close, secret, reserved: homo: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, H.: vates, i. e. the Sphinx, O.: adversus alios, Ta.: Domitiani natura obscurior, Ta.
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    obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um ADJ
    dark, secret; vague, obscure

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  • 3 illiberalis

    I
    illiberalis, illiberale ADJ
    ill-bred, ignoble, unworthy/unsuited to free man; niggardly/mean/ungenerous
    II
    illiberalis, illiberale ADJ
    ignoble; ungenerous; unworthy of freemen

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  • 4 obscurum

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 5 obscurus

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 6 dē-gener

        dē-gener is, adj.    [de + genus], inferior to ancestors, degenerate: Neoptolemum, V.: hi iam degeneres sunt, mixti, L.: dignitate formae, Ta.— Unworthy: patrii non degener oris, i. e. inheriting a father's eloquence, O.: patriae artis, O.—Fig., unworthy, degenerate, ignoble, base: Afer, L.: hostis: degeneres animos timor arguit, V.: voltus, Ta.: preces, Ta.: ad pericula, Ta.

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  • 7 īgnāvus

        īgnāvus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 in+gnavus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly: adeon me ignavom putas, Ut, etc., T.: homo ignavior: miles: ex ignavo strenuum exercitum fieri, S.: ignavissimus ad opera hostis, L.: legiones operum, Ta.: canis adversum lupos, H.: senectus: animo, Ta. —As subst m.: in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur: in victoriā vel ignavis gloriari licet, S.—Poet.: nemora, i. e. unfruitful, V.: otia, O.: lux, an idle day, Iu.—That renders slothful, making inactive: ratio, relaxing: genus hoc interrogationis: frigus, O.: aestus, O.
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    ignava -um, ignavior -or -us, ignavissimus -a -um ADJ
    lazy/idle/sluggish; spiritless; cowardly, faint-hearted; ignoble, mean; useless

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  • 8 īgnōtus

        īgnōtus adj. with comp. and sup.    [in+ (g)notus], unknown, strange, unrecognized, unfamiliar: locus, T.: ignotior gens, L.: adversus ignotos inter se, L.: bella, of uncertain result, V.: favos ignotus adedit Stellio, unnoticed, V.: mortes, inglorious, H.: alter (dies) in volgus ignotus: militibus loca, Cs.: nomen populo.—As subst m.: tamquam ignoto lacrimam daret, a stranger, O.: notum ignotumque discernere, Ta.—As subst n.: Haud ignota loquor, V.: si proferres ignota, unfamiliar themes, H.: Omne ignotum pro magnifico est, Ta.—Unknown, obscure, without repute, mean: hic ignotissimus Phryx: homo.—Of low birth, ignoble, low-born, base, vulgar: ignotā matre inhonestus, H.: naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, H.: Achivi, O.—Unacquainted with, ignorant of: producere ad ignotos (alquem): ignotos fallit, notis est derisui, Ph.: ignoti contemnebant, N.
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    ignota, ignotum ADJ
    unknown, strange; unacquainted with, ignorant of

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  • 9 indecoris

        indecoris e, adj.    [2 in+decus], unseemly, inglorious, ignoble, dishonorable, cowardly: non indecorem te reliquit, V.: Non erimus regno indecores, no dishonor, V.: aliae Nec genus indecores, V.
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    indecoris, indecore ADJ
    inglorious, shameful; unbecoming, unseemlu; ugly

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  • 10 in-līberālis (ill-)

        in-līberālis (ill-) e, adj.,    ignoble, ungenerous, vulgar, sordid, mean, disobliging: quaestūs: facinus, T.: iocandi genus: Servos, T.: in me, disobliging.—Niggardly, petty: adiectio, L.

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  • 11 sordeō

        sordeō —, —, ēre    [sordes], to be dirty, be mean, be despised, be unvalued, appear worthless: suis sordere, L.: sordent tibi munera nostra, V.: pretium aetas altera sordet, i. e. seems to me no adequate price, H.
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    sordere, sordui, sorditus V
    be dirty/soiled; seem mean/unworthy/not good enough/common/coarse/vile/ignoble

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  • 12 cussiliris

    cussiliris, cussilire ADJ
    lazy/idle/sluggish; spiritless; cowardly, faint-hearted; ignoble, mean; useless

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  • 13 degener

    (gen.), degeneris ADJ
    degenerate/base; inferior to ancestors; ignoble, unworthy, untrue, contemptible; low-born, of/belonging to inferior stock/breed/variety; soft/weak; softened

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  • 14 inliberalis

    inliberalis, inliberale ADJ
    ill-bred, ignoble, unworthy/unsuited to free man; niggardly/mean/ungenerous

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  • 15 ignotus

    unknown, obscure, ignorant, ignoble.

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  • 16 adfectus

    1.
    affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a., nom. afficio.
    2.
    affectus ( adf-), ūs, m. [afficio].
    I.
    A state of body, and esp. of mind produced in one by some influence (cf. affectio, I.), a state or disposition of mind, affection, mood: adfectuum duae sunt species: alteram Graeci pathos vocant, alteram êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    qualis cujusque animi adfectus esset, talem esse hominem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

    dubiis adfectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    mentis,

    id. Tr. 4, 3, 32:

    animi,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 8:

    diversos adfectus exprimere, flentis et gaudentis,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, n. 10:

    adfectu concitati,

    Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    adfectus dulciores,

    id. 10, 1, 101; 1, 11, 2; 6, 1, 7 al.—Of the body:

    supersunt alii corporis adfectus,

    Cels. 3, 18; 2, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Love, desire, fondness, good-will, compassion, sympathy (postAug.):

    opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt,

    Tac. Agr. 30:

    si res ampla domi similisque affectibus esset,

    Juv. 12, 10:

    parentis,

    Suet. Tit. 8:

    adfectu jura corrumpere,

    Quint. Decl. 6, 11.—
    B.
    In Lucan and in later prose, meton. for the beloved objects, the dear or loved ones (in plur.; cf.

    adfectio, II. C.): tenuit nostros Lesbos adfectus,

    Luc. Phars. 8, 132: milites, quorum adfectus ( wives and children) in Albano monte erant, Capitol. Maxim. 23; id. Anton. Phil. 24; hence, adfectus publici, the judges as representatives of the people, Quint. Decl. 2, 17 al.—
    C.
    In Seneca and Pliny, low, ignoble passion or desire:

    adfectus sunt motus animi improbabiles subiti et concitati,

    Sen. Ep. 75; Plin. Pan. 79, 3.—
    D.
    In the Latin of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition (cf. affectio, II. D.):

    hoc edicto neque pupillum, neque furiosum teneri constat, quia adfectu carent,

    Dig. 43, 4, 1; 44, 7, 54; 3, 5, 19, § 2 al.

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  • 17 affectus

    1.
    affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a., nom. afficio.
    2.
    affectus ( adf-), ūs, m. [afficio].
    I.
    A state of body, and esp. of mind produced in one by some influence (cf. affectio, I.), a state or disposition of mind, affection, mood: adfectuum duae sunt species: alteram Graeci pathos vocant, alteram êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    qualis cujusque animi adfectus esset, talem esse hominem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

    dubiis adfectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    mentis,

    id. Tr. 4, 3, 32:

    animi,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 8:

    diversos adfectus exprimere, flentis et gaudentis,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, n. 10:

    adfectu concitati,

    Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    adfectus dulciores,

    id. 10, 1, 101; 1, 11, 2; 6, 1, 7 al.—Of the body:

    supersunt alii corporis adfectus,

    Cels. 3, 18; 2, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Love, desire, fondness, good-will, compassion, sympathy (postAug.):

    opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt,

    Tac. Agr. 30:

    si res ampla domi similisque affectibus esset,

    Juv. 12, 10:

    parentis,

    Suet. Tit. 8:

    adfectu jura corrumpere,

    Quint. Decl. 6, 11.—
    B.
    In Lucan and in later prose, meton. for the beloved objects, the dear or loved ones (in plur.; cf.

    adfectio, II. C.): tenuit nostros Lesbos adfectus,

    Luc. Phars. 8, 132: milites, quorum adfectus ( wives and children) in Albano monte erant, Capitol. Maxim. 23; id. Anton. Phil. 24; hence, adfectus publici, the judges as representatives of the people, Quint. Decl. 2, 17 al.—
    C.
    In Seneca and Pliny, low, ignoble passion or desire:

    adfectus sunt motus animi improbabiles subiti et concitati,

    Sen. Ep. 75; Plin. Pan. 79, 3.—
    D.
    In the Latin of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition (cf. affectio, II. D.):

    hoc edicto neque pupillum, neque furiosum teneri constat, quia adfectu carent,

    Dig. 43, 4, 1; 44, 7, 54; 3, 5, 19, § 2 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > affectus

  • 18 degener

    dē-gĕner, is (abl. degeneri, Tac. A. 12, 19), adj. [genus], that departs from its race or kind, degenerate, not genuine (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Plin. and Tac.; not in Quint. and Suet.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Neoptolemum,

    Verg. A. 2, 549; cf.

    proles,

    Luc. 8, 693; Tac. A. 12, 62:

    dignitate formae haud degener,

    id. ib. 12, 51:

    hi (Galli) jam degeneres sunt, mixti, et Gallograeci vere, quod appellantur,

    Liv. 38, 17, 9; 38, 49, 4:

    canum degeneres,

    Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265:

    aquila,

    id. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    herbae,

    id. 17, 5, 3, § 33:

    adamantes,

    id. 37, 4, 15, § 58.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    patrii non degener oris,

    Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 7; so,

    sanguinis,

    Stat. Th. 9, 619:

    patriae artis,

    Ov. M. 11, 314:

    altae virtutis patrum,

    Sil. 10, 68; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 44.—
    II.
    Transf., mentally or morally degenerate, ignoble, base:

    Muttinem sibi modum facere, degenerem Afrum!

    Liv. 25, 40, 12:

    Artabanum materna origine Arsacidem, cetera degenerem,

    Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.:

    vitā non degener,

    id. ib. 4, 61:

    non degener ad pericula,

    id. ib. 1, 40:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    animi,

    Luc. 6, 417:

    metus,

    id. 3, 149:

    questus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 164:

    preces,

    Tac. A. 12, 36 fin.:

    projectus,

    id. H. 3, 65 fin.:

    insidiae,

    id. A. 11, 19 et saep.—Of language:

    bilingues, paulatim a domestico externo sermone degeneres,

    Curt. 7, 5, 29.— Poet.:

    toga (for togati),

    Luc. 1, 365.—With abl. ( = indignus):

    degener haud Gracchis consul,

    Sil. 4, 5, 17:

    tantoduce,

    Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 11, 45.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > degener

  • 19 ignobilis

    ignōbĭlis, e, adj. [in-nobilis (gno-)], unknown.
    I.
    Lit., in gen. (mostly anteclass.): ubi ego Sosia nolim esse, tu esto sane Sosia;

    nunc, quando ego sum, vapulabis, ni hinc abis, ignobilis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284:

    quis hic est qui oculis meis ob viam ignobilis obicitur?

    id. Ps. 2, 1, 18:

    peregrina facies hominis atque ignobilis,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Unknown to fame, not renowned, undistinguished, obscure (class.):

    quod inglorius sit atque ignobilis ad supremum diem perventurus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 24, 57:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    non ignobilis dicendi magister,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 315:

    ignobilis aevum exigeret,

    Verg. A. 7, 776:

    maritus,

    unknown, App. M. 5, p. 160:

    ignobilissimi artifices,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 28: civitas ignobilis atque humilis Eburonum, obscure and insignificant, * Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    facies,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9:

    vinum ignobilius,

    Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 34:

    M. Fulcinius Romae argentariam non ignobilem fecit,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10.—
    B.
    Of low birth, base-born, ignoble (class.):

    ex aliqua familia non ignobili,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    virgo,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 70:

    vulgus,

    Verg. A. 1, 149:

    agmen,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    regnum Tulli,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 9:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis et modo Romae municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 287.— Adv.: ignōbĭlĭter (late Lat.), meanly:

    sepultum,

    Eutr. 7, 23:

    aedes fastigiata,

    Sol. 56, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ignobilis

  • 20 ignotum

    1.
    ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.
    2.
    ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].
    I.
    Pass., unknown.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

    dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

    Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

    ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

    id. Brut. 64, 242:

    homo ignotus et novus,

    id. Rep. 1, 1:

    nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

    id. ib. 1, 17:

    longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

    Liv. 5, 32, 5:

    procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

    Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

    § 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

    jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

    Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

    haec nova et ignota ratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

    alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

    id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

    ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

    id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

    terrae,

    unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

    Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

    quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

    naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

    id. ib. 6 and 24:

    Achivi,

    the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

    progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

    id. ib. 9, 670:

    ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—
    II.
    Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

    simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

    ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

    Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

    ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

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