invenustus

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

in-vĕnustus, a, um, adj.

I Not elegant or graceful , ungraceful , not beautiful , unattractive : scortillum, Cat. 10, 4: non invenustus actor, Cic. Brut. 67, 237: res, Cat. 12, 5: arbustum, Col. 5, 6, 37. —

II (Without Venus, i. e.) Unfortunate in love : invenustae sine munditia et sumptu, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 37: homo invenustus aut infelix, Ter. And. 245 Don. ad loc.—Adv.: in-vĕnustē , not elegantly , ungracefully (postAug.): non invenuste dici videtur, Quint. 1, 6, 27: ludere, Gell. 17, 12, 3; App. de Mundo, p. 70.

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