infacundus
ἀεί ποτ' εὖ μὲν ἀσκός εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι → this guy's always good at being a wineskin, and at times a winesack
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-fācundus: a, um, adj.,
I ineloquent (not in Cic. or Cæs.): vir acer, nec infacundus, Liv. 4, 49, 12; Suet. Claud. 40; Gell. 18, 3, 6.— Comp.: infacundior, Liv. 7, 4, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfācundus,¹⁴ a, um, qui a de la peine à s’exprimer, sans éloquence : Liv. 4, 49, 12 ; Gell. 18, 3, 6 || -dior Liv. 7, 4, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
īn-fācundus, a, um, unberedt, inf. iuvenis, Petron.: vir acer nec infacundus, Liv.: princeps neque infacundus neque indoctus, Suet.: vir inopi linguā et infacundus, kein Zungenheld u. gewandter Redner, Gell.: ne infacundus quidem adversus (gegenüber) nimiam eloquentiam collegae, Liv. – Compar., quia infacundior sit et linguā inpromptus, Liv. 7, 4, 5.
Latin > English
infacundus infacunda -um, infacundior -or -us, infacundissimus -a -um ADJ :: unable to express oneself fluently, not eloquent; slow of speech (COMP)
