incompletely

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].

Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).

In gen.

With acc.:

ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

statuam,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

res in animis nostris,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

quod hic liber incohat,

Quint. 3, 1, 2:

hanc materiam,

id. 4 praef. §

5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

id. 4, 3, 13:

esse videatur octonarium incohat,

id. 9, 4, 73:

referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

Cic. Or. 9, 33:

Favonius ver incohans,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

incohandae vindemiae dies,

id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

pulcherrimum facinus,

Curt. 6, 7:

tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—

With inf.:

quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—

In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

cognitio manca atque incohata,

id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

incohatum quiddam et confusum,

id. Rep. 3, 2:

rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—

Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.

In gen. (post-class.):

moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

incohante mense,

Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—

In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].

Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).

In gen.

With acc.:

ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

statuam,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

res in animis nostris,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

quod hic liber incohat,

Quint. 3, 1, 2:

hanc materiam,

id. 4 praef. §

5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

id. 4, 3, 13:

esse videatur octonarium incohat,

id. 9, 4, 73:

referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

Cic. Or. 9, 33:

Favonius ver incohans,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

incohandae vindemiae dies,

id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

pulcherrimum facinus,

Curt. 6, 7:

tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—

With inf.:

quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—

In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

cognitio manca atque incohata,

id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

incohatum quiddam et confusum,

id. Rep. 3, 2:

rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—

Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.

In gen. (post-class.):

moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

incohante mense,

Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—

In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].

Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).

In gen.

With acc.:

ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

statuam,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

res in animis nostris,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

quod hic liber incohat,

Quint. 3, 1, 2:

hanc materiam,

id. 4 praef. §

5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

id. 4, 3, 13:

esse videatur octonarium incohat,

id. 9, 4, 73:

referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

Cic. Or. 9, 33:

Favonius ver incohans,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

incohandae vindemiae dies,

id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

pulcherrimum facinus,

Curt. 6, 7:

tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—

With inf.:

quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—

In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

cognitio manca atque incohata,

id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

incohatum quiddam et confusum,

id. Rep. 3, 2:

rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—

Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.

In gen. (post-class.):

moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

incohante mense,

Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—

In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

imperfectus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inperfectus], unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15:

quaedam (animalia),

Ov. M. 1, 427; cf.

infans,

id. ib. 3, 310:

pars manebat,

Verg. A. 8, 428:

pons,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6:

cibus,

i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233:

imperfecto adhuc bello,

Suet. Caes. 26:

qui imperfectum librum supple verit,

id. ib. 56; cf.

Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat,

Suet. Gramm. 12:

opera reliquit,

id. Tib. 47:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

causae (opp. perfectae),

id. 4, 2, 3:

sermo,

id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121:

vita,

Lucr. 3, 958.— Comp.:

insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est,

Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta;

imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest,

Cic. Univ. 4.—

Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes):

ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.— Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely:

imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1.

sēmĭ-plēnus, a, um, adj., half-full (class.):

naves,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 63:

scrobes,

Col. 5, 5, 4:

favi,

id. 9, 15, 4:

vas,

Pall. Febr. 32:

stationes,

only half-filled, half-manned, Liv. 25, 30 fin.; cf.

legiones,

Vell. 2, 80, 1; 2, 112, 2.—

* Adv.: sēmĭ-plēnē, half in full, incompletely, in part:

dicuntur praesentia,

Sid. Ep. 4, 22 med.