inausus

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

ĭn-ausus, a, um, adj.,

not ventured , unattempted (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ne quid inausum Aut intractatum scelerisve dolive fuisset, Verg. A. 8, 205: nefas, Val. Fl. 1, 807: quid enim per hosce dies inausum intemeratumve vobis? Tac. A. 1, 42: sciat animus nihil inausum esse fortunae, Sen. Ep. 91 med.—Plur. as subst.: ĭn-ausa , ōrum, n., unattempted things , deeds beyond daring : quae inausa audeat, Sen. Thyest. 20.

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