unfruitful

* * *

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the gallows.

unfruitful, barren, unproductive, infertile.

unproduction, infertile, unfruitful.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

ignāvus, a, um, adj. [in-gnavus, navus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly (syn.: iners, socors; opp.: strenuus, alacer, fortis).

Lit., of living beings (freq. and class.):

homines,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49:

si non fecero Ei male aliquo pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum,

id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27:

quid ergo ille ignavissumus mi latitabat?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24:

homo inertior, ignavior, magis vir inter mulieres proferri non potest,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

ignavus miles ac timidus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

compertum habeo, milites neque ex ignavo strenuum neque fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri,

Sall. C. 58, 1:

feroces et inquieti inter socios, ignavi et imbelles inter hostes,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

ignavissimus ac fugacissimus hostis,

id. 5, 28, 8:

ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri),

Sall. C. 12 fin.:

canis Ignavus adversum lupos,

Hor. Epod. 6, 2:

(apes) Ignavaeque fame et contracto frigore pigrae,

Verg. G. 4, 259:

ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent,

id. A. 1, 435:

genus ignavum quod lecto gaudet,

Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.:

cedentibus ignavis et imbecillis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32:

in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur,

id. Caecin. 16, 46:

in victoria vel ignavis gloriari licet, adversae res etiam bonos detractant,

Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.:

gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus ignavus aeque sibi exoptant,

id. C. 11, 2:

favimus ignavo,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—

With gen.:

legiones operum et laboris ignavae,

Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.:

possis ignavus haberi et subiti casus improvidus, si, etc.,

Juv. 3, 272.

Transf.

Of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:

nemora,

i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 2, 208:

globus,

i. e. immovable, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf.

gravitas,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

stagna jacentis aquae,

Luc. 5, 442:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

i. e. speechless, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47:

mora,

id. A. A. 1, 186:

anni,

spent in idleness, id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf.

otia,

id. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

septima lux,

i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt stipendium, only money, not soldiers, arms, etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1:

sucus meconium vocatur, multum opio ignavior,

weaker, less efficacious, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam flos tantum jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, without smell, id. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

cornicula ante oculos ignava,

i. e. of no use, id. 11, 28, 34, § 100:

ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae,

Luc. 1, 492.—

Of things that produce inactivity or indolence, that renders slothful or inactive: nec nos impediet illa ignava ratio, quae dicitur: appellatur enim quidam a philosophis argos logos, cui si pareamus, nihil omnino agamus in vita. Sic enim interrogant:

Si fatum tibi est, etc.... Recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum et iners nominatum est, quod eadem ratione omnis e vita tolletur actio,

relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.:

frigus,

Ov. M. 2, 763:

aestus,

id. ib. 7, 529:

dolor,

Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in two forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.

Ignave, sluggishly, slothfully, without spirit:

ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave, ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

dicere multa,

flatly, tamely, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—

Ignaviter, lazily, sluggishly, tardily: ignaviter quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—

Comp.:

carpere ignavius herbas,

Verg. G. 3, 465.

in-fēcundus, a, um, adj., unfruitful (rare):

ager frugum fertilis, arbore infecundus,

Sall. J. 17, 5; Verg. G. 2, 48; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 34.— Comp.:

infecundior materia,

Col. 2, 4, 7.—

* Adv.: infēcundē, unfruitfully, i. e. meagrely, sparingly:

infecunde atque jejune laudare,

Gell. 19, 3, 2.

in-fēlix, īcis, adj., unfruitful, not fertile:

vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam,

Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

tellus frugibus,

Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314:

lolium,

id. E. 5, 37.—

Transf.

Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.):

crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

patria,

Verg. A. 9, 786:

fama,

id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.:

animi Phoenissa,

Verg. A. 4, 529:

fidei,

Sil. 12, 432:

ausi,

id. 9, 627.— Comp.:

infelicior domi quam militiae,

Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.:

femina,

Quint. 8, 5, 21. —

Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous:

infelix rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

terra fingenti Prometheo,

Prop. 3, 5, 7:

thalamus,

Verg. A. 6, 521:

balteus,

id. ib. 12, 941:

vates,

prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246:

erga plebem studium,

Liv. 3, 56, 9:

opera,

Quint. 10, 1, 7:

sollicitudo,

id. 12, 10, 77:

paupertas,

Juv. 3, 152 al. — Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately:

fit mihi obviam infeliciter,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36:

tentata res,

Liv. 1, 45, 3:

totiens temptata arma,

id. 2, 35, 8.— Comp.:

infelicius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.

in-fructŭōsus, a, um, adj., unfruitful (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vites,

Col. Arb. 8, 4:

cultura,

id. 11, 2, 32. —

Trop., fruitless, useless:

preces,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23:

epistula,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19 fin.:

militia,

Tac. H. 1, 51.— Adv.: infructŭōsē, fruitlessly, uselessly, Hier. Ep. 12, n. 16; Aug. Ep. 67, n. 6.— Comp., Sid. Ep. 1, 9.

mălignus, a, um, adj. [for maligenus, malus, and gen-, root of gigno; cf. the opp. benignus], of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign ( poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).

In gen.:

maligni caupones,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 4:

magnaque numinibus vota exaudita malignis,

unkind, Juv. 10, 111.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: malignissima capita,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 18:

litus,

Luc. 8, 565:

portus,

id. 5, 651:

leges,

Ov. M. 10, 329:

votum,

Cat. 67, 5:

verba,

Manil. 4, 573:

mente malignā,

Cat. 68, 37:

studia,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 101:

vulgus,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 40:

oculi,

Verg. A. 5, 654.—

In partic.

Stingy, niggardly:

malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17.—Of favors, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 84: vagae ne parce malignus arenae ossibus particulam dare, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23.— Trop.:

fama,

Ov. H. 16, 143:

in laudandis dictionibus,

Quint. 2, 2, 6.—

Transf.

Barren, unfruitful:

terra malignior ceteris,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15:

colles,

Verg. G. 2, 179.—

Scanty, insufficient, dim, petty, small, narrow:

ostium,

too narrow, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27:

aditus,

Verg. A. 11, 525:

ignis,

Mart. 10, 96, 7:

lux,

Verg. A. 6, 270:

conspecta est parva maligna Unda procul venā,

Luc. 9, 500:

munus,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—Hence, adv.: mălignē.

In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

maledice ac maligne loqui,

Liv. 45, 39.— Comp.:

malignius habitum esse sermonem,

Curt. 8, 1, 8.—

In partic.

Stingily, grudgingly:

ager maligne plebi divisus,

Liv. 8, 12:

famem exstinguere,

sparingly, Sen. Ep. 18, 9: non mihi fuit tam maligne, ut, etc., it has not gone so poorly with me that, etc., Cat. 10, 18:

dispensare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 7:

laudare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 209.— Comp.:

dicis, malignius tecum egisse naturam,

Sen. Ep. 44, 1.—

Little, scantily:

terra eorum, quae seruntur, maligne admodum patiens,

a very little, Mel. 2, 2:

apertus,

Sen. Ben. 6, 34, 3:

virens,

Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 112.