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incultus1

incultus1 · adj

untilled

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 75 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. in-cultus — Lewis & Short

in-cultus, a, um, adj.,

I untilled, uncultivated (class.).
I Lit.: ager, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33: via, with silvestris, neglected, id. Brut. 72, 259: quid incultius oppidis? id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29: incultae atque inhabitabiles regiones, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: incultum et derelictum solum, id. Brut. 4, 16: caritas annonae ex incultis agris, Liv. 2, 34, 2.—
II Transf., undressed, unadorned, unpolished, neglected, rude (mostly poet.): coma, uncombed, disordered, Ov. F. 3, 470: genae, disfigured, id. H. 8, 64: homo, ut vita, sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus, Cic. Brut. 31, 117: inculta atque rusticana parsimonia, id. Quint. 30: indocti incultique, without education, Sall. C. 2, 8: homines intonsi et inculti, Liv. 21, 32, 7: versus, unpolished, rude, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 233: ingenium, uncultivated, id. ib. 1, 3, 22: Laestrygones, i. e. destitute of cultivation, savage, wild, Tib. 4, 1, 59.—Hence, adv.: incultē, in an uncultivated manner, roughly, rudely, uncouthly, inelegantly: inculte atque horride vivere, Cic. Quint. 18: incultius agitare, Sall. J. 20, 5: agere, id. ib. 89, 7: inculte horrideque dicere, Cic. Or. 9, 28: non inculte dicere, id. Brut. 28.

2. in-cultus — Lewis & Short

in-cultus, ūs, m.,

I want of cultivation or refinement (not in Cic. or Cæs.): incultu, tenebris, odore foeda ejus (Tulliani) facies est, Sall. C. 55, 4: ingenium incultu atque socordiā torpescere sinunt, id. J. 2, 4: honores desertos per incultum ac negligentiam, Liv. 42, 12, 7.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. incultus (scan p. 156; entry #2358).

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