inscitus
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-scītus: a, um, adj.
I Ignorant, inexperienced, unskilful, silly, simple, stupid; freq. coupled with stultus (rare in Cic.; a favorite word of Plaut.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 51: inscita atque stulta mulier, id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Mil. 3, 1, 141.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: mirum atque inscitum somniavi somnium, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5.—Comp.: quid est inscitius, Cic. N. D. 2, 13. 36; id. Div. 2, 62.—Sup.: inscitissimus, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 14.— *
II Pass., unknown: nescio quid aliud indictum inscitumque dicit, Gell. 1, 22, 11.—Adv.: inscītē, unskilfully, clumsily, awkwardly (class.): comparari, Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 25: non inscite nugatur, id. Div. 2, 13, 30: facta navis, Liv. 36, 43, 6.—Sup.: inscitissime petit, Hyg. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnscītus,¹⁵ a, um, ignorant, gauche, maladroit : quid inscitius est quam et prop. inf. Cic. Nat. 2, 36, quelle plus grande absurdité que ; [avec inf.] Cic. Div. 2, 127 || -issimus Pl. Most. 1135.
Latin > German (Georges)
īn-scītus, a, um, I) ungeschickt, unverständig, töricht, ungereimt, stultus inscitusque, Plaut.: mulier, Plaut.: inscitum offere iniuriam, Tac.: non insc. iocus, Suet.: quid autem est inscitius, quam etc., Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 36 u. de div. 2, 127: inscitissimus, Plaut. most. 1135: non inscitum visum est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Gell. 10, 20, 2. – II) unkundig, unwissend, tibi postea uni dicam, ne inscitiores (die Unwissenderen) audiant ac discant, Gell. 19, 10, 14.
