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|lshtext=<b>in-fēlix</b>: īcis, adj.,<br /><b>I</b> [[unfruitful]], not [[fertile]]: [[vulgus]] infelicem arborem eam appellat, [[quoniam]] [[nihil]] ferat, nec seratur [[unquam]], Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; [[hence]], of the [[gallows]], Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6: [[tellus]] frugibus, Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314: [[lolium]], id. E. 5, 37.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Unfortunate, [[unhappy]], [[miserable]] ([[class]].): [[crux]] infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162: [[homo]] miserrimus [[atque]] infelicissimus, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: [[patria]], Verg. A. 9, 786: [[fama]], id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.: animi Phoenissa, Verg. A. 4, 529: fidei, Sil. 12, 432: ausi, id. 9, 627.—Comp.: infelicior domi [[quam]] militiae, Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.: [[femina]], Quint. 8, 5, 21. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Act., causing [[misfortune]] or [[calamity]], [[unlucky]], [[calamitous]]: [[infelix]] rei publicae, Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64: [[terra]] fingenti Prometheo, Prop. 3, 5, 7: [[thalamus]], Verg. A. 6, 521: [[balteus]], id. ib. 12, 941: [[vates]], [[prophetess]] of [[ill]], id. ib. 3, 246: [[erga]] plebem [[studium]], Liv. 3, 56, 9: [[opera]], Quint. 10, 1, 7: [[sollicitudo]], id. 12, 10, 77: [[paupertas]], Juv. 3, 152 al.— Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, [[unhappily]], [[unfortunately]]: [[fit]] mihi [[obviam]] [[infeliciter]], Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36: tentata res, Liv. 1, 45, 3: [[totiens]] temptata [[arma]], id. 2, 35, 8.—Comp.: infelicius, Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.
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