gibberosus
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)
gibbĕrōsus: a, um, adj. 2. gibber,
I badly hump-backed or hunch-backed.
I Lit., Auct. ap. Suet. Gram. 9: vel protervi vel gibberosi vel curvi vel pruriginosi, etc., Dig. 21, 1, 3 (al. gibbosi).—
II Trop.: sermones, crooked, twisted, Fronto, Eloqu. p. 231 Mai.
