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incuriosus

incuriosus · adj

careless

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

in-cūrĭōsus — Lewis & Short

in-cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj.,

I careless, negligent (post-Aug.).
I Act., careless, unconcerned, regardless, indifferent respecting any thing; constr. with gen., abl., in, or absol.
(a) With gen.: proximorum incuriosi, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 1: vetera extollimus, recentium incuriosi, Tac. A. 2, 88: famae, id. H. 1, 49: imperii proferendi, id. A. 4, 32: rerum antiquarum, Gell. 6, 5, 1.—
(b) With abl.: serendis frugibus incuriosi, Tac. A. 14, 38; so id. ib. 4, 45; id. H. 2, 17.—
(g) With in: in capite comendo tam incuriosus, ut, etc., Suet. Aug. 79.—
(d) Absol.: inter gaudentes et incuriosos, Tac. H. 1, 34: quae praetermittere incuriosum videbatur, Sol. praef.: unde unguibus inuncet agnum incuriosum, heedless, off his guard, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 9.—
II Pass., careless, negligent, not made or done with care: finis, Tac. A. 6, 17: historia, Suet. Galb. 3.—Adv.: incūrĭōsē, carelessly, negligently: castra posita, Liv. 8, 38, 2: pacis modo, incuriose agere, id. 29, 3, 8; cf. (with abjecte): verbum positum, Gell. 2, 6, 1; 12, 14, 4; Tac. H. 1, 13 al.Comp.: incuriosius cohortes agentes, Tac. H. 4, 28; Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 110; 13, 12, 25, § 81.

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