illībĕrālis (inl-), e, adj. [in-liberalis],
I unworthy of a freeman , ignoble , ungenerous , sordid , mean , disobliging (class.; mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: labor, id. Fin. 1, 1, 3: facinus, Ter. Ad. 449: duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis, id. de Or. 1, 32, 146: mens, Quint. 1, 3, 14: cibus (raphanus), Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79: servom haud illiberalem praebes te, Ter. And. 961: non te in me illiberalem putabit, disobliging , Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—
II Niggardly , grasping : paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus, Liv. 38, 14, 14. —Adv.: illībĕrālĭter , ignobly , ungenerously , meanly : factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque), Ter. Ad. 664: me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum, Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2: aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter, i. e. meanly , stingily , id. ib. 4, 2, 5.