illepidus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

illĕpĭdus (inl-), a, um, adj. [in-lepidus],

impolite , unmannerly , rude , unpleasant , disagreeable (rare but class.): inamabilis, inlepidus vivo, Malevolente ingenio natus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 3: parens avarus, illepidus, in liberos difficilis, Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72: homines, Gell. 18, 4, 10: deliciae illepidae atque inelegantes, Cat. 6, 2: votum (with invenustum), id. 36, 17: verba durae et illepidae novitatis, Gell. 11, 7, 1.—Adv.: illĕpĭdē ( inl- ), impolitely , rudely , inelegantly : qui istoc pacto tam lepidam inlepide appelles, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 50; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; Gell. 18, 13, 5.

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