inglorius

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

inglōrĭus, a, um, adj. [2. in-gloria], without glory or fame, not glorious, inglorious.

I Lit. (class.): beati qui honorati sunt videntur; miseri qui sunt inglorii, Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 32: latam trahens inglorius alvum, Verg. G. 4, 94: imperium, Tac. A. 12, 14: vita inhonorata et ingloria, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81. —

β With gen.: militiae, Tac. H. 3, 59: ausi, Sil. 12, 39.—

II Transf.: ingloria cassis, unadorned , without a crest , Stat. Th. 9, 108.

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