imperitō (inp-)

impĕrĭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [impero], to command, govern, rule (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with acc., dat., or absol.

With acc.:

quod antehac pro jure imperitabam meo, nunc te oro per precem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47:

aequam Rem imperito,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 189.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

magnis gentibus,

Lucr. 3, 1028:

magnis legionibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 4:

tu, mihi qui imperitas, aliis servis miser,

id. ib. 2, 7, 81; Tib. 2, 3, 34:

equis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 25:

suo generi,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47:

quis nemori imperitet, quem tota armenta sequantur,

Verg. A. 12, 719:

naturam ipsam ceteris imperitantem industria vicerat,

Sall. J. 76, 1:

alteri populo cum bona pace,

Liv. 1, 24, 3.— Pass. impers.:

quod superbe avareque crederent imperitatum victis esse,

Liv. 21, 1.—

Absol.:

Veleda late imperitabat,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

quia adductius quam civili bello imperitabat,

id. ib. 3, 7:

decem imperitabant,

Liv. 1, 17:

libido imperitandi,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

qua tempestate Carthaginienses pleraque Africa imperitabant,

id. ib. 79, 2 Kritz N. cr.—Pass. impers.:

quod mihi quoque exsequendum reor, quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4 fin.

impĕrĭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [impero], to command, govern, rule (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with acc., dat., or absol.

With acc.:

quod antehac pro jure imperitabam meo, nunc te oro per precem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47:

aequam Rem imperito,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 189.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

magnis gentibus,

Lucr. 3, 1028:

magnis legionibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 4:

tu, mihi qui imperitas, aliis servis miser,

id. ib. 2, 7, 81; Tib. 2, 3, 34:

equis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 25:

suo generi,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47:

quis nemori imperitet, quem tota armenta sequantur,

Verg. A. 12, 719:

naturam ipsam ceteris imperitantem industria vicerat,

Sall. J. 76, 1:

alteri populo cum bona pace,

Liv. 1, 24, 3.— Pass. impers.:

quod superbe avareque crederent imperitatum victis esse,

Liv. 21, 1.—

Absol.:

Veleda late imperitabat,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

quia adductius quam civili bello imperitabat,

id. ib. 3, 7:

decem imperitabant,

Liv. 1, 17:

libido imperitandi,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

qua tempestate Carthaginienses pleraque Africa imperitabant,

id. ib. 79, 2 Kritz N. cr.—Pass. impers.:

quod mihi quoque exsequendum reor, quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4 fin.

impĕrītus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperitus], inexperienced in any thing, not knowing, unacquainted with, unskilled, ignorant, without experience (class.; syn.: ignarus, rudis; opp. prudens, callidus); constr. usually with the gen. or absol., rarely with in.

With gen.:

homines adulescentulos, inperitos rerum,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 8:

summi juris peritissimus, civilis non imperitus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 3:

imperitus foederis, rudis exemplorum, ignarus belli,

id. Balb. 20, 47; cf. id. de Or. 3, 44, 175: homo imperitus morum, agricola et rusticus, with no experience of life, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:

homines barbari et nostrae consuetudinis imperiti,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 17:

conviciorum,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

lyrae,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

poëmatum quoque non imperitus,

Suet. Aug. 89.—

Absol.:

homine inperito numquam quicquam injustius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 18:

cum in theatro imperiti homines, rerum omnium rudes ignarique consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16:

callidum imperitus fraudasse dicitur,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

sin apud indoctos imperitosque dicemus,

id. Part. 26, 92; cf. id. Rep. 1, 16:

cum imperiti facile ad credendum impellerentur,

id. ib. 2, 10:

uti prudentes cum imperitis manus consererent,

Sall. J. 49, 2:

ne quis imperitior existimet, me, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135; so,

imperitiores quidam,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

contio quae ex imperitissimis constat, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

multitudo imperita et rudis,

Liv. 1, 19, 4.—Rarely of things:

ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39:

poëma imperito quodam initio fusum,

Quint. 9, 4, 114.—

With in:

in his non imperitus,

Vitr. 1, 1: in verbis adeo imperitus, Quint 1, 4, 27; 12, 3, 5.— Hence, adv.: impĕrītē, unskilfully, ignorantly, awkwardly:

imperite absurdeque fictum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

dicebat Scipio non imperite,

id. Brut. 47, 175:

excerpta,

Quint. 2, 15, 24.—Ellipt.: hoc imperite ( suppl. factum), Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81.— Comp.:

quid potuit dici imperitius?

Cic. Balb. 8, 20.— Sup.:

cum est illud imperitissime dictum,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27.

impĕrītus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperitus], inexperienced in any thing, not knowing, unacquainted with, unskilled, ignorant, without experience (class.; syn.: ignarus, rudis; opp. prudens, callidus); constr. usually with the gen. or absol., rarely with in.

With gen.:

homines adulescentulos, inperitos rerum,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 8:

summi juris peritissimus, civilis non imperitus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 3:

imperitus foederis, rudis exemplorum, ignarus belli,

id. Balb. 20, 47; cf. id. de Or. 3, 44, 175: homo imperitus morum, agricola et rusticus, with no experience of life, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:

homines barbari et nostrae consuetudinis imperiti,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 17:

conviciorum,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

lyrae,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

poëmatum quoque non imperitus,

Suet. Aug. 89.—

Absol.:

homine inperito numquam quicquam injustius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 18:

cum in theatro imperiti homines, rerum omnium rudes ignarique consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16:

callidum imperitus fraudasse dicitur,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

sin apud indoctos imperitosque dicemus,

id. Part. 26, 92; cf. id. Rep. 1, 16:

cum imperiti facile ad credendum impellerentur,

id. ib. 2, 10:

uti prudentes cum imperitis manus consererent,

Sall. J. 49, 2:

ne quis imperitior existimet, me, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135; so,

imperitiores quidam,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

contio quae ex imperitissimis constat, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

multitudo imperita et rudis,

Liv. 1, 19, 4.—Rarely of things:

ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39:

poëma imperito quodam initio fusum,

Quint. 9, 4, 114.—

With in:

in his non imperitus,

Vitr. 1, 1: in verbis adeo imperitus, Quint 1, 4, 27; 12, 3, 5.— Hence, adv.: impĕrītē, unskilfully, ignorantly, awkwardly:

imperite absurdeque fictum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

dicebat Scipio non imperite,

id. Brut. 47, 175:

excerpta,

Quint. 2, 15, 24.—Ellipt.: hoc imperite ( suppl. factum), Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81.— Comp.:

quid potuit dici imperitius?

Cic. Balb. 8, 20.— Sup.:

cum est illud imperitissime dictum,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27.