illībĕrālis — Lewis & Short
illībĕrālis (inl-), e, adj.in-liberalis,
I unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.;
mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:
labor,id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:
facinus,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3:
duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:
res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,id. de Or. 1, 32, 146:
mens,Quint. 1, 3, 14:
cibus (raphanus),Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79:
servom haud illiberalem praebes te,Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:
non te in me illiberalem putabit,disobliging, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
II Niggardly, grasping:
paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,Liv. 38, 14, 14. —Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly:
factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:
me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2:
aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,i. e. meanly, stingily, id. ib. 4, 2, 5.