imberbis

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

imberbis (inb-), e, adj. [in - barba; cf.: infamis, informis],

without a beard , beardless (rare but class.): non convenire barbatum esse filium (Aesculapium), cum pater (Apollo) imberbis esset, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; 1, 30, 83; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22: quae Imberbes didicere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 85.β€”In the form imberbus , a, um: androgyni, Lucil. ap. Non. 493, 27; and ap. Charis. p. 74; Cic. Dom. 14, 37; id. Agr. 1, Fragm. 3 (ap. Charis. p. 74): quod maximi sunt iidemque imberbi, Varr. ap. Non. 493, 30: imberbus juvenis, Hor. A. P. 161 Orell. N. cr.

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