inconcinnus

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

in-concinnus, a, um, adj.,

I inelegant , awkward , absurd (rare but class.): qui in aliquo genere inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur, * Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: personamque feret non inconcinnus utramque, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 29: asperitas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, id. ib. 1, 18, 6.— Adv. in two forms (in both post-class.), awkwardly , absurdly.

1 inconcinnē : causificare, Ap. Met. 10, 9, 7.—

2 inconcinnĭter : vertere in aliquam rem, Gell. 10, 17, 2.

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