indignĭter

indigniter, Adv. (indignus), unwürdig, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1008, 3 (Anthol. Lat. 1341, 3 M.).

in-dignus, a, um, adj., unworthy, undeserving (class.).

Of persons.

In gen., unworthy.

Absol.:

divitias quivis quamvis indignus, habere potest,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

indignissimi candidati,

Liv. 4, 57, 11 al. —

With abl.: te omni honore indignissimum judicat. Cic. Vatin. 16, 39; so id. Pis. 23, 54; Nep. Dat. 5, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90; Curt. 4, 1, 10; Stat. Th. 11, 304 al.—

With gen.:

magnorum haud umquam indignus avorum,

Verg. A. 12, 649.—

With qui:

iine indigni erant qui impetrarent?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41; so Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 15; Curt. 6, 4, 8:

indignus quem mors tam saeva maneret,

Juv. 4, 95 al. —

With ut:

cum indigni, ut a vobis redimeremur, visi simus,

Liv. 22, 59, 17.—

With inf.:

indigni ( = quos non decet) fraternum rumpere foedus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35; Sil. 2, 111.—

Esp., not deserving any thing, undeserving:

Indignis si male dicitur, male dictum id esse duco,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27:

ad calamitates hominum indignorum (sc. istis calamitatibus) sublevandas,

undeservedly suffering, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 46:

Pompeius morte,

Quint. 3, 8, 57:

cur eget indignus quisquam te divite,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 103:

indignus injuriā hac,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

Unworthy, unbecoming, shameful, intolerable, severe, cruel, harsh:

ne istuc nequiquam dixeris tam indignum dictum in me,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 108:

nulla vox est audita populi R. majestate indigna,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

nihil, quod ipsis esset indignum, committebant,

id. ib. 5, 35:

lictoribus indignum in modum mulcatis,

Liv. 29, 9, 6:

indignis modis acceptus,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12:

facinus,

id. And. 1, 1, 118:

exempla,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 4:

mors,

Verg. A. 6, 163:

aliquid pro indignissimo habere,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

hoc uno sol quicquam non vidit indignius,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

studiis indignum ferre laborem,

Juv. 7, 17:

hiemes,

severe, Verg. G. 2, 373:

fortuna,

id. A. 11, 108. — With the sup. in u:

digna atque indigna relatu Vociferans,

Verg. A. 9, 595; Liv. 34, 58, 4.—With inf.:

fabula non indigna referri,

Ov. A. A. 1, 681; id. M. 1, 508:

indignum est a pari vinci, aut superiore: indignius ab inferiore,

Cic. Quint. 31, 95:

non indignum videtur, egregium facinus memorare,

improper, Sall. J. 79, 1:

nonne hoc indignissimum est?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38.— Absol.:

indignum, as an exclamation,

shame, Ov. M. 5, 37; Amm. 1, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 22 al.—

Undeserved:

indigna pati,

Liv. 31, 30, 3:

indignamque necem pretium patietur amoris?

Ov. M. 10, 627.— Advv.: indignē and indignĭter.

Indigne.

Unworthily, undeservedly, dishonorably, shamefully:

indigne dotem quaerere,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 21:

meretricem deperit,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 66:

aliquem injuria afficere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 3:

cervices in carcere frangebantur indignissime civium R.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

interierunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—

Indignantly:

Macedones, eum sibi anteponi, indigne ferebant,

took it ill, Nep. Eum. 1, 3:

pati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 31.—

Indigniter: vixit bis decem annis nata, Epigr. in Anthol. Lat. T. 2, p. 176 Burm.