The corpus record — Latin

impolitus

impolitus · adj

unpolished

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Where it lives

De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De Oratore 4 · 0.66/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

impŏlītus — Lewis & Short

impŏlītus (inp-), a, um, adj.2. in-politus,

I unpolished, rough (class.).

I Lit.: structurae lapidum impolitorum, Quint. 8,63. —

II Trop., unpolished, inelegant, unrefined (class.): orationes Catonis valde laudo, significant enim quandam formam ingenii, sed admodum impolitam et plane rudem, Cic. Brut. 85, 294; cf.: genus hebes atque impolitum, id. de Or. 2, 31, 133: Timaeus ipsa compositione verborum non impolitus, id. ib. 2, 14, 58: grammaticus, Quint. 1, 5, 7: impolitae vero res et acerbae si erunt relictae, efferent se aliquando, etc., i. e. unfinished, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34. — * Adv.: impŏlītē, without ornament: tibi breviter impoliteque dicenti, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214.

In the wild

impolitae Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 34
inpoliti Tacitus, Dialogus de Oratoribus 18.1
impoliti Cicero, Orator 20
impolitum Cicero, De Oratore 2.133
impolita Cicero, De Oratore 3.185
inpolitum Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.3.p2

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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