inconveniens

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

in-convĕnĭens, entis, adj.

I Lit., not accordant , unsuitable , dissimilar (class., but not used by Cic. or Caes.): facta, Cass. ad Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 1: inconvenientia jungere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12: corpus, Phaedr. 3, 13, 6.—

II Trop., unbefitting (post-class.); with dat., App. de Mundo, p. 70, 7; Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 13, § 11.— Hence, adv.: inconvĕnĭenter , unsuitably (eccl. Lat.), Aug. de Gen. ad Litt. 11, 15; id. de Trin. 2, 9.— Sup. , Boëth. ap. Aristot. Libr. de Interp. p. 264.

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