1. incommodus — de Vaan
incommodus 'troublesome, unpleasant' (PL+); (2) modestus 'restrained, mild' (PL+X — [de Vaan, s.v. incommodus, p. 398]
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incommodus
incommodus
troublesome, unpleasant
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Where it lives
- De Regibus 1 · 22.57/10k
- Ad Martyras 3 · 20.16/10k
- De Testimionio Animae 3 · 13.42/10k
- Hecyra 9 · 9.98/10k
- De Inventione 25 · 7.55/10k
- De Consolatione ad Helviam 5 · 7.39/10k
- De Paenitentia 3 · 7.36/10k
- De Providentia 3 · 7.33/10k
- Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 4 · 6.88/10k
- Laelius De Amicitia 5 · 5.36/10k
- De Bello Civili 14 · 4.33/10k
- Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 48 · 4.03/10k
Densest 12 of 99 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. in-commŏdus — Lewis & Short
in-commŏdus, a, um, adj.,
I inconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable, troublesome, disagreeable.
I Adj.
A Of things (class. and freq.):
iter,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 1:
res,id. ib. 4, 2, 27: valetudo, Cic. Brut. 34, 130:
colloquium pro re nata non incommodum,id. Att. 14, 6, 1:
ne voce quidem incommodā,Liv. 3, 14, 6:
severitas morum,id. 27, 31, 7:
conflictatio turbae,Quint. 3, 8, 29; 1, 7, 16:
eorum controversiam non incommodum videtur cum utrorumque ratione exponere,Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 57:
naves propugnatoribus incommodae,Liv. 30, 10, 15.—Comp.:
ut actori incommodior esset exhibitio,Dig. 10, 4, 11: incommodioris condicionis homines, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1. — Sup.:
in rebus ejus incommodissimis,Cic. Clu. 59, 161. —
B Of persons, troublesome (rare but class.):
aliquid huic responde, commode, ne incommodus nobis sit,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 189 (but not in Bacch. 3, 2, 17;
v. Ritschl ad h. l.): idem facilem et liberalem patrem incommodum esse amanti filio disputat,Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73.—
II Subst.: incommŏdum, i, n., inconvenience, trouble, disadvantage, detriment, injury, misfortune (freq. and class.):
quom ejus incommodum tam aegre feras,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43:
nostro incommodo detrimentoque, si est ita necesse, doleamus,Cic. Brut. 1, 4:
qui locus est talis, ut plus habeat adjumenti quam incommodi,id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:
non modo incommodi nihil ceperunt, sed etiam ... in quaestu sunt versati,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:
timet, ne ipse aliquo afficiatur incommodo,id. Off. 1, 7, 24:
accidit repentinum incommodum: tanta enim tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 1:
ab officio abduci incommodo,Cic. Lael. 2, 8; cf.
ellipt.: nec id incommodo tuo (sc. feceris),id. Att. 12, 47, 1:
quae res magnum nostris attulit incommodum,Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 5:
quid iniquitas loci habeat incommodi,id. B. G. 7, 45, 9:
si quid importetur nobis incommodi,Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:
ex eo concursu navium magnum esse incommodum acceptum,Caes. B. G. 5, 10 fin.; cf.:
ut acceptum incommodum virtute sarciretur (shortly before: detrimentum acceptum),id. B. C. 3, 73, 4:
reiciendi, deminuendi, devitandive incommodi causa,Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18: incommodum inter eos (socios) commune est, loss (opp. lucrum), Gai. Inst. 3, 150.—Rarely with gen. rei:
commoveri incommodo valetudinis,Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3; cf.
morbi,id. Mur. 23, 47.—In plur.:
multis incommodis difficultatibusque affectus,id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; id. N. D. 1, 9 fin.; id. Lael. 13, 48:
tot incommodis conflictati,Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 5; id. B. C. 3, 10, 6.— With gen.:
corporum,i. e. diseases, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:
pulmonum,id. 28, 7, 21, § 75:
vesicae,id. 27, 12, 101, § 126:
ferre incommoda vitae,Juv. 13, 21. —
III Adv.: incommŏdē, inconveniently, incommodiously, unfortunately, unseasonably:
fores Hae sonitu suo moram mihi obiciunt incommode,Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 37:
posse pro re nata te non incommode ad me in Albanum venire,Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2:
accidit,Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 4:
adversari,Liv. 4, 8, 6.—Comp.:
cum illo quidem actum optime est: mecum incommodius,Cic. Lael. 4, 15.— Sup.:
incommodissime navigare,Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1.
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. incommodus (scan p. 398; entry #1071).
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