indiscretus

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

in-discrētus, a, um, adj., unseparated, undivided, closely connected (syn. indivisus; mostly post-Aug.).

I Lit.: agricultura, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 7: quibusdam indiscretum caput, ut cancris, Plin. 11, 37, 46, § 129; 16, 29, 43, § 84: suum cuique sanguinem indiscretum, sed maxime principibus, i. e. to every one those of his own blood are most inseparably united , closely connected , Tac. H. 4, 52; cf.: juncta ista atque indiscreta sunt, Quint. 1, 2, 3; and: ita inter se conexa et indiscreta, id. 10, 1, 2. —

II Trop.

A Undistinguished , without distinction : quidam indiscretis his nominibus utuntur, Cels. 4, 3: multos occidere indiscretos, Sen. Clem. 1, 26.—

B Undistinguishable : imagines similitudinis indiscretae, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88: indiscreta veri (canis) similitudo, id. 34, 7, 17, § 38: proles suis, Verg. A. 10, 392: vita feris, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 44: concolor exustis atque indiscretus harenis Ammodytes, Luc. 9, 715: sicut in gregibus pecudum, confusa et indiscreta omnia, Lact. Epit. 38, 3: dignitas, alike , equal , Cod. Th. 6, 7, 1.—

C Act. , not distinguishing , random , indiscreet : familiaritas, Sid. Ep. 7, 9. — Advv. : indiscrētē and indiscrē-tim , without distinction , alike , indiscriminately.

1 Form indiscrete (post-Aug.): ut avium et animalium vocis edatur imitatio, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174: repleta subsellia Circi, Spart. Nigr. 3.—*

2 Form indiscretim: ad saeculares indices debere deduci, Cod. Th. 16, 2, 47; Sol. 30.

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