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incivilis

incivilis · adj

unmannerly

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What it meant

in -cīvīlis — Lewis & Short

in -cīvīlis, e, adj.,

I unmannerly, impolite, uncivil; hence, also, unreasonable, unjust (post-class.): homo ferus et incivilis ingenii, Eutr. 9, 27: saevi atque inciviles animi, Aur. Vict. Caes. 22: verba, tam improba ac tam incivilia, Gell. 10, 6, 3: poenae, Dig. 48, 19, 9: factum, ib. 50, 13, 3; cf. ib. 23, 2, 67. — Neutr. plur. as subst.: in-cīvīlĭa, ĭum, n., impolite acts, rudeness: multis incivilibus gestis, Eutr. 10, 13. — Adv.: incīvīlĭter, without civility, uncourteously: aliquem tractare, App. M. 7, p. 175: extorta (bona), Dig. 4, 2, 23: instituti novi rivi, ib. 50, 13, 2.— Comp.: praefecturam egit aliquanto incivilius et violentius, Suet. Tit. 6; Flor. 1, 26.

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