unskilled

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advĕna, ae (acc. to Valer. Prob. 1439 and 1445 P., m., f., and n., like verna; cf.

, however,

Prisc. 677 P.: Inveniuntur quaedam ex communibus etiam neutri generi adjuncta, sed figurate per alloiotêta, ut advena, mancipium) [advenio], one who comes to a place; a foreigner, stranger, or alien; and adj., strange, foreign, alien, etc. (syn.: peregrinus, externus, exterus, alienus, alienigena; opp. indigena, native; class. both in prose and poetry).

Lit.: defessus perrogitandod advenas Fuit de gnatis, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 634 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 116 Rib.): advena anus paupercula, * Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44:

volucres,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5:

advenam gruem,

Hor. Epod. 2, 35:

illas (ciconias) hiemis, has (grues) aestatis advenas,

Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

Zeno Citieus advena,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11 fin.:

advena possessor agelli,

Verg. E. 9, 2:

exercitus advena,

id. A. 7, 38; id. ib. 10, 460:

Tibris advena,

as flowing from Etruria into the Roman territory, Ov. F. 2, 68:

amor advena,

love for a foreign maiden, id. A. A. 1, 75:

advenae reges,

Liv. 4, 3; Vulg. Gen. 19, 9:

advenae Romani,

ib. Act. 2, 10.—

Fig., a stranger to a thing, i.e. ignorant, unskilled, inexperienced = ignarus:

ne in nostra patria peregrini atque advenae esse videamur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249; cf.:

non hospites, sed peregrini atque advenae nominabamur,

id. Agr. 2, 34 fin.; hence, poet. with gen.:

belli,

Stat. Th. 8, 556.

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.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

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.

rŭdis, e, adj. [cf. crudus], unwrought, untilled, unformed, unused, rough, raw, wild (cf. crudus): omnis fere materia non deformata, rudis appellatur, sicut vestimentum rude, non perpolitum: sic aes infectum rudusculum, Cincius ap. Fest. p. 265 Müll. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

terra (opp. restibilis),

Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; so,

terra,

id. ib. 1, 27, 2:

ager,

Col. 3, 11, 1:

campus,

Verg. G. 2, 211:

humus,

Ov. M. 5, 646:

rudis atque infecta materies,

Petr. 114, 13; cf.:

rudis indigestaque moles (Chaos),

Ov. M. 1, 7:

marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3:

saxum,

id. 9, 4, 27; cf.:

signa (de marmore coepto),

Ov. M. 1, 406:

aes (opp. signatum),

Plin. 33, 3, 13:

hasta,

rudely finished, ill-made, Verg. A. 9, 743; cf.:

novacula (with retusa),

Petr. 94, 14:

circumjectus parietum,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

caementum,

Tac. Or. 20 (with informes tegulae):

lana,

Ov. M. 6, 19:

textum,

rough, coarse, id. ib. 8, 640; so,

vestis,

id. F. 4, 659:

herba,

wild, Mart. 2, 90, 8: cf.

uva,

unripe, green, hard, id. 13, 68.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: detrahit doctrina aliquid, ut lima rudibus et cotes hebetibus, Quint. 2, 12, 8. —

Poet., transf., young, new (cf. integer):

illa (carina, sc. Argo) rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

untried, not yet sailed on, Cat. 64, 11;

hence, also, Argo,

Luc. 3, 193:

agna,

Mart. 9, 71, 6:

filia,

id. 7, 95, 8:

dextram cruore regio imbuit,

Sen. Troad. 217:

pannas,

new, Vulg. Matt. 9, 16. —

Trop., rude, unpolished, uncultivated, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, ignorant; hence (like ignarus), with gen., unacquainted with, inexperienced in, etc. (cf. imperitus).

Absol.:

consilium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; cf.:

forma ingenii impolita et plane rudis,

Cic. Brut. 85, 294:

incohata ac rudia,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

rudia et incomposita,

id. 9, 4, 17:

vox surda, rudis, immanis, dura, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 32:

modulatio,

id. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

modus (tibicinis),

Ov. A. A. 1, 111:

rude et Graecis intactum carmen,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 66:

stilus (with confusus),

Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 10, 3:

animi,

id. 1, 10, 9 (with agrestes);

1, 1, 36: adhuc ingenia,

id. 1, 2, 27; cf.

ingenium,

Hor. A. P. 410:

rudis fuit vita priscorum et sine litteris,

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

saeculum,

Quint. 2, 5, 23; 12, 11, 23; Tac. H. 1, 86:

anni,

i. e. young, early, Quint. 1, 1, 5; Tac. A. 13, 16 fin.; cf.:

adhuc aetas,

id. ib. 4, 8:

rudem me et integrum discipulum accipe et ea, quae requiro, doce,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7; Quint. 2, 3, 3; 3, 6, 83:

Aeschylus rudis in plerisque et incompositus,

id. 10, 1, 66:

tam eram rudis? tam ignarus rerum? etc.,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; so (with ignarus) Quint. 1, 8, 4:

rudis ac stultus,

id. 11, 3, 76:

illi rudes homines primique,

id. 8, 3, 36; 10, 2, 5:

illi rudes ac bellicosi,

id. 1, 10, 20:

nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 54.—

With in and abl.:

cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, alii in disserendo rudes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

(oratorem) nullā in re tironem ac rudem esse debere,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 218; (with hebes) id. ib. 1, 58, 248:

rudis in re publicā,

id. Phil. 6, 6, 17:

in causā,

id. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

in jure civili,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40:

in minoribus navigiis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 174:

omnino in nostris poëtis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

sermo nullā in re,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32.—With simple abl. (very rare):

Ennius ingenio maximus, arte rudis,

Ov. Tr. 2, 424:

arte,

Stat. Th. 6, 437:

studiis,

Vell. 2, 73, 1.—

With gen.:

imperiti homines rerum omnium rudes ignarique,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16:

dicat se non imperitum foederis, non rudem exemplorum, non ignarum belli fuisse,

id. Balb. 20, 47:

provinciae rudis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

Graecarum litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

rei militaris,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

harum rerum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

artium,

Liv. 1, 7:

bonarum artium,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

facinorum,

id. ib. 12, 51:

agminum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 9:

civilis belli,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 47; cf.:

bellorum (elephanti),

Flor. 4, 2, 67:

operum conjugiique,

Ov. F. 4, 336:

somni,

i. e. sleepless, id. M. 7, 213:

dicendi,

Tac. A. 1, 29.—

With ad (very rare):

rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 5:

ad quae (spectacula) rudes tum Romani erant,

id. 45, 32, 10; 10, 22, 6; 21, 25, 6:

ad partus,

Ov. H. 11, 48:

ad mala,

id. P. 3, 7, 18:

rudes adhuc ad resistendum populos,

Just. 1, 1, 5:

rudis natio ad voluptates,

Curt. 6, 21, 9; 8, 8, 24.—

With dat. (very rare):

fontes rudes puellis,

i. e. strange, Mart. 6, 42, 4.—

With inf.:

nec ferre rudis medicamina,

Sil. 6, 90:

Martem rudis versare,

id. 8, 262.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

rŭdis, is, f. ( abl. sing. rudi, Capitol. Opil. Macr. 4, 5), a slender stick or rod.

To stir with in cooking; a stirring-stick, spatula:

versato crebro duabus rudibus,

Cato, R. R. 79; so,

ferreae,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170; cf. rudicula.—

A staff used by soldiers and gladiators in their exercises (perh. a wooden sword), answering to a quarter-staff, a foil (freq. and class.):

(milites) rudibus inter se in modum justae pugnae concurrerunt,

Liv. 26, 51; 40, 6 and 9 Drak. N. cr. (al. sudibus); Ov. Am. 2, 9, 22; id. A. A. 3, 515:

rudibus batuere,

Suet. Calig. 32.—Hence, transf.: PRIMA or SVMMA RVDIS (also in one word, SVMMARVDIS), the first or head fencer, the fencing-master, Inscr. Orell. 2575; 2584: SECVNDA RVDIS, the second fencer, the fencing-master ' s assistant, ib. 2573 sq.—A gladiator received such a rudis when honorably discharged (whence he was called rudiarius):

tam bonus gladiator rudem tam cito accepisti?

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74:

acceptā rude,

Juv. 6, 113:

essedario rudem indulgere,

Suet. Claud. 21.—And hence transf. to other persons who receive an honorable discharge:

tardā vires minuente senectā, Me quoque donari jam rude tempus erat,

i. e. to dismiss, discharge, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 24; id. Am. 2, 9, 22; cf.:

spectatum satis et donatum jam rude,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 2 (v. Orell. ad h. l.):

ergo sibi dabit ipse rudem,

Juv. 7, 171; Mart. 3, 36, 10.