uncivil

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

cruel, savage, barbarous, inhuman, uncivil, uncivilized.

importūnus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [from porto, qs. not conducive, not proper; opp. opportunus; hence], unfit, unsuitable, inconvenient (cf.: molestus, intempestivus, praeposterus).

In gen. (rare):

num importunum tempus in tanto otio?

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20 B. and K. (al. inopportunum):

aggeribus turribusque et aliis machinationibus locus inportunus,

Sall. J. 92, 7:

importuna locorum,

Sil. 3, 540; cf.:

Armeniam petunt, id temporis importunam, quia hiems occipiebat,

Tac. A. 12, 12: etenim est in eo loco sedes huic nostro non importuna sermoni, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18:

vi quidem regere patriam aut parentis importunum est,

Sall. J. 3, 2.—

ln partic., pregn.

Troublesome, grievous, distressing, dangerous (rare):

quom illi inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 8:

neque alius importunior acutiorque morbus est,

Cels. 4, 3:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 37:

Caphareus,

stormy, Ov. M. 14, 481.—

With respect to character, indecorous, unmannerly, uncivil, rude, morose, harsh, churlish, cruel, savage (class.; syn.: crudelis, immanis; opp. clemens).

Of living beings:

tam enim esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

importunus atque amens tyrannus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:

crudelis atque importuna mulier,

id. Clu. 63, 177:

tam importunus tamque crudelis,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 35:

crudelissimus atque importunissimus tyrannus,

Liv. 29, 17, 20:

uxor importuna atque incommoda,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 47:

senex,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 23:

importunissimus hostis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:

decemviri,

Liv. 5, 2, 8:

plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21 fin.:

locutores,

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

dives et importunus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 185:

eripiet curule cui volet importunus ebur,

id. ib. 1, 6, 54:

volucres,

Verg. G. 1, 470; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6; cf.:

ales (bubo), i. e. infausta,

Verg. A. 12, 864.—

Of things:

immanis atque importuna natura,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

libidines,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

111: clades civitatis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

mors,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19:

sitis famesque argenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23:

importuna atque audax argutia,

Gell. 3, 1, 6. — Adv.: importunē ( inp-), unsuitably, unseasonably; rudely, violently:

confidere suis testibus et importune insistere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

repetere,

Dig. 13, 6, 17:

immittere versum de Pyrrho,

Gell. 10, 16, 18:

vexare civitates tyrannica crudelitate,

Just. 42, 1.— Comp.:

insultare veritati,

Lact. 5, 2. — Sup.:

facere,

Gell. 20, 6, 14.

ĭn-hūmānus, a, um, adj., not suitable to the human condition, that does not befit a human being.

Rude, savage, barbarous:

quis tam fuit durus et ferreus, quis tam inhumanus, qui non illorum miseria commoveretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

vox,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

scelus,

Liv. 1, 48, 7:

crudelitas,

id. 21, 4, 9:

via,

covered with corpses, Tac. H. 2, 70:

securitas,

that enjoyed itself during the slaughter, id. ib. 3, 83:

testamentum,

cruel, unjust, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107.—

Unpolished, uncivil, unmannerly, ill-bred, churlish, discourteous:

quis contumacior, quis inhumanior, quis superbior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

moderati nec difficiles, nec inhumani senes,

id. de Sen. 3, 7:

at hoc idem si in convivio faciat, inhumanus videatur,

ill-bred, id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

agrestis et inhumana neglegentia,

id. ib. 36, 130:

homo inhumanissimus,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 24:

aures,

uncultivated, Cic. Or. 51, 172.—

Superhuman, godlike:

mensae,

App. M. 5, p. 334:

sententia,

id. de Deo Soc. 5, p. 44, 24.— Hence, adv. in two forms.

ĭnhūmānē, inhumanly, savagely, cruelly:

nimis graviter cruciat adulescentulum, nimisque inhumane,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 2:

facere contraque naturae legem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30:

muta (oratio),

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 16.— Comp.:

inhumanius dicere,

Cic. Lael. 13, 46.—

ĭn-hūmānĭter, uncivilly, discourteously:

me miratum esse istum tam inhumaniter fecisse, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21; id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137, acc. to Prisc. p. 1010 P. (where the MSS. have inhumane).

importūnus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [from porto, qs. not conducive, not proper; opp. opportunus; hence], unfit, unsuitable, inconvenient (cf.: molestus, intempestivus, praeposterus).

In gen. (rare):

num importunum tempus in tanto otio?

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20 B. and K. (al. inopportunum):

aggeribus turribusque et aliis machinationibus locus inportunus,

Sall. J. 92, 7:

importuna locorum,

Sil. 3, 540; cf.:

Armeniam petunt, id temporis importunam, quia hiems occipiebat,

Tac. A. 12, 12: etenim est in eo loco sedes huic nostro non importuna sermoni, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18:

vi quidem regere patriam aut parentis importunum est,

Sall. J. 3, 2.—

ln partic., pregn.

Troublesome, grievous, distressing, dangerous (rare):

quom illi inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 8:

neque alius importunior acutiorque morbus est,

Cels. 4, 3:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 37:

Caphareus,

stormy, Ov. M. 14, 481.—

With respect to character, indecorous, unmannerly, uncivil, rude, morose, harsh, churlish, cruel, savage (class.; syn.: crudelis, immanis; opp. clemens).

Of living beings:

tam enim esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

importunus atque amens tyrannus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:

crudelis atque importuna mulier,

id. Clu. 63, 177:

tam importunus tamque crudelis,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 35:

crudelissimus atque importunissimus tyrannus,

Liv. 29, 17, 20:

uxor importuna atque incommoda,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 47:

senex,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 23:

importunissimus hostis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:

decemviri,

Liv. 5, 2, 8:

plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21 fin.:

locutores,

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

dives et importunus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 185:

eripiet curule cui volet importunus ebur,

id. ib. 1, 6, 54:

volucres,

Verg. G. 1, 470; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6; cf.:

ales (bubo), i. e. infausta,

Verg. A. 12, 864.—

Of things:

immanis atque importuna natura,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

libidines,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

111: clades civitatis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

mors,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19:

sitis famesque argenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23:

importuna atque audax argutia,

Gell. 3, 1, 6. — Adv.: importunē ( inp-), unsuitably, unseasonably; rudely, violently:

confidere suis testibus et importune insistere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

repetere,

Dig. 13, 6, 17:

immittere versum de Pyrrho,

Gell. 10, 16, 18:

vexare civitates tyrannica crudelitate,

Just. 42, 1.— Comp.:

insultare veritati,

Lact. 5, 2. — Sup.:

facere,

Gell. 20, 6, 14.