thoughtless

thoughtless, inconsiderate / spontaneous

* * *

improvident, negligent, thoughtless, feckless.

brūtus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with barus, perh. contr. from barutus, a lengthened form of barus, like actutum, astutus, cinctutus, versutus, from actu, astus, cinctus, versus; cf. also brithus, heavy, weighty; Fr. and Engl. brute, brutal].

Lit., heavy, unwieldy, immovable (rare): brutum antiqui gravem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.:

pondus,

falling down with heavy weight, Lucr. 6, 105: tellus, * Hor. C. 1, 34, 9 (cf.:

terra iners,

id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

immota tellus,

Sen. Thyest. 1020:

terra semper immobilis,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 102:

Unde Horatius. Et bruta tellus): corpora neque tam bruta quam terrea, neque tam levia quam aetheria,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 5.—

Trop., dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable.

Of men:

brutum dicitur hebes et obtusum... Pacuvius Hermiona: et obnoxium esse aut brutum aut elinguem putes,

Non. p. 77, 31 sq.: fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36:

quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. sardare, p. 322 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 65, p. 18 Vahl.): T. Manlius relegatus a patre ob adulescentiam brutam atque hebetem,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 4; App. M. 7, p. 191, 30:

homo,

Lact. 7, 4, 12; Prud. steph. 2, 66; cf. 2. Brutus, II. B.—Esp. in a play on the name, 2. Brutus, v. h. v.—

Of animals, irrational ( = anaisthêtos, Arist. Part. Anim. 3, 4) (so several times in Pliny the elder):

animalium hoc maxime brutum (sc. sus),

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; 9, 29, 46, § 87; 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 39, 92, § 226.—But only late Lat. as a general designation of animals opp. to men, our brute, irrational, dumb, Greg. Mag. in Job, 10, 13, 23; 17, 30, 46 al.—

Of inanimate things: bruta fulmina et vana, ut quae nulla veniant ratione naturae, qs. striking blindly, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: scitum Caesaris, thoughtless, inconsiderate, Prud. steph. 5, 66.—

* Sup., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. Magn. 3, 67.

Brūtus, i, m., = Broutos [1. brutus], a Roman cognomen.

L. Junius, the relative of Tarquinius Superbus, saved by his feigned stupidity [whence the name], and the deliverer of Rome from regal dominion, Liv. 1, 56, 7 sq.; Ov. F. 2, 717; 2, 837; Verg. A. 6, 818; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89 saep. After him, Brutus was the cognomen of the patrician gens Junia.—

From the plebeian gens Junia,

M. Junius, son of Servilia, a half-sister of Cato Uticensis by M. Brutus (not by Cæsar; v. Ellendt Cic. Brut. p. cxxvii.), an intimate friend of Cicero about the 21 st year of his age, and one of the murderers of Julius Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56, 3; 2, 58, 1; Tac. A. 1, 2; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; 1, 4, 9 and 10; 2, 12, 28 sq.; 2, 13, 31; id. Fam. 3, 4, 2;

as a philos. and orator active and respected,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 12; id. Fin. 1, 3, 8; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 1 sq.; id. Att. 12, 5, 3; 13, 9, 2; Plut. Brut. 4; Cic. Or. 71, 237; Quint. 10, 1, 123; Tac. Or. 17 sq.; 21; cf. Ellendt, above cited; Meyer, Fragm. Orat. 205. To him Cic. dedicated his writings: Orator, Brutus, de Deorum Naturā, de Finibus, and Tusc. Quaestiones.—

D. Junius, a fellow-conspirator with the preceding, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56 sq.; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 4; id. Fam. 10, 11, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 2;

to him are addressed the letters,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5 sqq.;

12 sqq. al.—To these two Cicero's witticism has reference: quid ergo? Ista culpa Brutorum? Minime illorum quidem, sed aliorum brutorum, qui se cautos ac sapientes putant,

Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2; cf. id. Phil. 4, 2, 7; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; Liv. 1, 56, 8; Ov. F. 2, 717.—

Derivv.

Brūtĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to ( M. Junius) Brutus:

castra,

Vell. 2, 72:

Cassianaeque partes,

id. 2, 74:

bellum civile,

Lact. 2, 7 fin. —

Brūtīnus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Brutus ( M. Junius):

consilia rei publicae liberandae,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15.—

D. Junius Brutus Callaicus, consul with P. Corn. Scipio Nasica Serapio A.U.C. 616, Cic. Brut. 28, 107; id. Leg. 3, 9, 20; id. Balb. 17, 40; Vell. 2, 5.—

D. Junius Brutus Julianus, consul with Mamercus Æmilius Lepidus A.U.C. 677, Cic. Brut. 47, 175; id. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—

M. Junius Brutus, the husband of Servilia, and father of the murderer of Cœsar, a distinguished lawyer, Cic. Brut. 62, 222.

brūtus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with barus, perh. contr. from barutus, a lengthened form of barus, like actutum, astutus, cinctutus, versutus, from actu, astus, cinctus, versus; cf. also brithus, heavy, weighty; Fr. and Engl. brute, brutal].

Lit., heavy, unwieldy, immovable (rare): brutum antiqui gravem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.:

pondus,

falling down with heavy weight, Lucr. 6, 105: tellus, * Hor. C. 1, 34, 9 (cf.:

terra iners,

id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

immota tellus,

Sen. Thyest. 1020:

terra semper immobilis,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 102:

Unde Horatius. Et bruta tellus): corpora neque tam bruta quam terrea, neque tam levia quam aetheria,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 5.—

Trop., dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable.

Of men:

brutum dicitur hebes et obtusum... Pacuvius Hermiona: et obnoxium esse aut brutum aut elinguem putes,

Non. p. 77, 31 sq.: fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36:

quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. sardare, p. 322 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 65, p. 18 Vahl.): T. Manlius relegatus a patre ob adulescentiam brutam atque hebetem,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 4; App. M. 7, p. 191, 30:

homo,

Lact. 7, 4, 12; Prud. steph. 2, 66; cf. 2. Brutus, II. B.—Esp. in a play on the name, 2. Brutus, v. h. v.—

Of animals, irrational ( = anaisthêtos, Arist. Part. Anim. 3, 4) (so several times in Pliny the elder):

animalium hoc maxime brutum (sc. sus),

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; 9, 29, 46, § 87; 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 39, 92, § 226.—But only late Lat. as a general designation of animals opp. to men, our brute, irrational, dumb, Greg. Mag. in Job, 10, 13, 23; 17, 30, 46 al.—

Of inanimate things: bruta fulmina et vana, ut quae nulla veniant ratione naturae, qs. striking blindly, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: scitum Caesaris, thoughtless, inconsiderate, Prud. steph. 5, 66.—

* Sup., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. Magn. 3, 67.

Brūtus, i, m., = Broutos [1. brutus], a Roman cognomen.

L. Junius, the relative of Tarquinius Superbus, saved by his feigned stupidity [whence the name], and the deliverer of Rome from regal dominion, Liv. 1, 56, 7 sq.; Ov. F. 2, 717; 2, 837; Verg. A. 6, 818; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89 saep. After him, Brutus was the cognomen of the patrician gens Junia.—

From the plebeian gens Junia,

M. Junius, son of Servilia, a half-sister of Cato Uticensis by M. Brutus (not by Cæsar; v. Ellendt Cic. Brut. p. cxxvii.), an intimate friend of Cicero about the 21 st year of his age, and one of the murderers of Julius Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56, 3; 2, 58, 1; Tac. A. 1, 2; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; 1, 4, 9 and 10; 2, 12, 28 sq.; 2, 13, 31; id. Fam. 3, 4, 2;

as a philos. and orator active and respected,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 12; id. Fin. 1, 3, 8; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 1 sq.; id. Att. 12, 5, 3; 13, 9, 2; Plut. Brut. 4; Cic. Or. 71, 237; Quint. 10, 1, 123; Tac. Or. 17 sq.; 21; cf. Ellendt, above cited; Meyer, Fragm. Orat. 205. To him Cic. dedicated his writings: Orator, Brutus, de Deorum Naturā, de Finibus, and Tusc. Quaestiones.—

D. Junius, a fellow-conspirator with the preceding, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56 sq.; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 4; id. Fam. 10, 11, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 2;

to him are addressed the letters,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5 sqq.;

12 sqq. al.—To these two Cicero's witticism has reference: quid ergo? Ista culpa Brutorum? Minime illorum quidem, sed aliorum brutorum, qui se cautos ac sapientes putant,

Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2; cf. id. Phil. 4, 2, 7; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; Liv. 1, 56, 8; Ov. F. 2, 717.—

Derivv.

Brūtĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to ( M. Junius) Brutus:

castra,

Vell. 2, 72:

Cassianaeque partes,

id. 2, 74:

bellum civile,

Lact. 2, 7 fin. —

Brūtīnus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Brutus ( M. Junius):

consilia rei publicae liberandae,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15.—

D. Junius Brutus Callaicus, consul with P. Corn. Scipio Nasica Serapio A.U.C. 616, Cic. Brut. 28, 107; id. Leg. 3, 9, 20; id. Balb. 17, 40; Vell. 2, 5.—

D. Junius Brutus Julianus, consul with Mamercus Æmilius Lepidus A.U.C. 677, Cic. Brut. 47, 175; id. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—

M. Junius Brutus, the husband of Servilia, and father of the murderer of Cœsar, a distinguished lawyer, Cic. Brut. 62, 222.

in-cōgĭtābĭlis, e, adj.

Act., thoughtless, inconsiderate (ante- and post - class.):

nunc demum scio, me fuisse excordem, caecum, incogitabilem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 63; Lact. 1, 8.—

Pass., inconceivable, incomprehensible (post-class.):

immensitas efficientiae,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 922:

dementia,

Amm. 15, 3: incogitabile est, eandem esse causam, etc., Fragm. Jur. Civ. p. 23 Mai.

incōgĭtātus, a, um, adj. [2. in-cogito].

Pass., unconsidered, unstudied (postAug.):

opus,

Sen. Ben. 6, 23 med.:

alacritas,

id. Ep. 57:

incogitata dicere,

App. Flor. p. 364 (de Deo. Soc. p. 102 Hild.).—

Act., thoughtless, inconsiderate (ante- and postclass.):

animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 1:

ne incogitati dicere cogerentur,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 16.

inconsīdĕrātĭo, ōnis, f., inconsiderateness (late Lat.): mentis, Salv. de Gub. Dei, 1 extr.; cf. inconsiderantia. — From in-consīdĕrātus, a, um, adj. (class.).

Act., thoughtless, heedless, inconsiderate (cf. inconsultus):

nos ita leves atque inconsiderati sumus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

quam natura muliebris facit inconsideratam,

Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

inconsideratior in secunda, quam in adversa fortuna,

Nep. Con. 5; so in comp., Quint. 2, 15, 28.—

Pass., unconsidered, unadvised, inconsiderate:

cupiditas,

Cic. Quint. 25:

inconsideratissima temeritas,

id. Har. Resp. 26.— Adv.: in-consīdĕrātē, inconsiderately, rashly (class.):

temere et fortuito, inconsiderate, negligenterque agere,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

tractare aliquid,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 60.— Comp.:

inconsideratius proeliando,

Val. Max. 1, 5, 9.

inconsīdĕrātĭo, ōnis, f., inconsiderateness (late Lat.): mentis, Salv. de Gub. Dei, 1 extr.; cf. inconsiderantia. — From in-consīdĕrātus, a, um, adj. (class.).

Act., thoughtless, heedless, inconsiderate (cf. inconsultus):

nos ita leves atque inconsiderati sumus,

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:

quam natura muliebris facit inconsideratam,

Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

inconsideratior in secunda, quam in adversa fortuna,

Nep. Con. 5; so in comp., Quint. 2, 15, 28.—

Pass., unconsidered, unadvised, inconsiderate:

cupiditas,

Cic. Quint. 25:

inconsideratissima temeritas,

id. Har. Resp. 26.— Adv.: in-consīdĕrātē, inconsiderately, rashly (class.):

temere et fortuito, inconsiderate, negligenterque agere,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

tractare aliquid,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 60.— Comp.:

inconsideratius proeliando,

Val. Max. 1, 5, 9.

sōcors (o short, Prud. Cath. 1, 33; cf. socordia), cordis, adj. [se, = sine, and cor(d)s], mentally dull, i. e.,

Narrow-minded, silly, foolish, blockish, stupid, thoughtless, senseless, etc. (rare but class.;

syn.: stultus, stolidus, ineptus, insipiens, insulsus): socors naturā neglegensque,

Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

homines non socordes ad veri investigandi cupiditatem excitare,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

stolidi ac socordes,

Liv. 9, 34:

socors ingenium,

Tac. A. 13, 47:

animus,

id. H. 3, 36:

Tiberius callidior, Claudius socordior,

Sid. Ep. 5, 7 fin. (cf. under socordia, I., the passage ap. Suet. Claud. 3):

apud socordissimos Scythas Anacharsis sapiens natus est,

App. Mag. p. 289, 25.—

Careless, negligent, sluggish, slothful, lazy, inactive, etc. (not in Cic.;

syn.: ignavus, segnis),

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 5:

languidus et socors,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 8 Dietsch:

neque victoriā socors aut insolens factus,

id. J. 100, 1:

Sejanus nimiā fortunā socors,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

vulgus sine rectore praeceps, pavidum, socors,

id. H. 4, 37.—With gen.:

nolim ceterarum rerum te socordem eodem modo,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 61:

gregarius miles futuri socors,

Tac. H. 3, 31.—Hence, adv.: sŏcor-dĭter (acc. to II.), carelessly, negligently, slothfully (not used in posit.); comp.: socordius ire milites occepere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 235, 15; so,

res acta,

Liv. 1, 22:

agere,

Tac. H. 2, 15.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

tĕmĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [temere].

That happens by chance, accidental, casual (so very rare; cf.

fortuitus): sed quid hoc, quod picus ulmum tundit? hau temerarium'st,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 14:

non temerarium est, ubi dives blande appellat pauperem,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 7: quaestus temerarius incertusque, Fest. s. v. navalis scriba, p. 169 Müll.;

tributum temerarium,

id. p. 364, b, ib.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 129 sq. —

Rash, heedless, thoughtless, imprudent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, unadvised, audacious (freq. and class.;

syn.: audax, audens): temulenta mulier et temeraria,

Ter. And. 1, 4, 2:

homines temerarii atque imperiti,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

hominem esse barbarum, iracundum, temerarium,

id. ib. 1, 31:

caeca ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv 1, 2, 2:

non sum tam temerarius nec audax,

Mart. 4, 43, 2:

parce meo, juvenis, temerarius esse periclo,

Ov. M. 10, 545.—

Of things: ea sunt et turbulenta et temeraria et periculosa,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 34; id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 25, 37, 17:

duabus animi temerariis partibus conpressis,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: consilium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2;

vox, Liv 23, 22, 9: virtus,

Ov. M. 8, 407:

error,

id. ib. 12, 59:

querela,

id. Tr. 5, 13, 17:

bella,

id. M. 11, 13:

tela,

i. e. sent thoughtlessly, id. ib. 2, 616:

temerarium est, ante crassitudinem pollicarem viti imperare,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

temerarium est, secundis non esse contentum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 10.