inconcinnus

κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

Latin > English

inconcinnus inconcinna, inconcinnum ADJ :: awkward; clumsy

in-concinnus: a, um, adj.,
I inelegant, awkward, absurd (rare but class.): qui in aliquo genere inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur, * Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: personamque feret non inconcinnus utramque, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 29: asperitas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, id. ib. 1, 18, 6.— Adv. in two forms (in both post-class.), awkwardly, absurdly.
1 inconcinnē: causificare, App. M. 10, p. 242, 39.—
2 incon-cinnĭter: vertere in aliquam rem, Gell. 10, 17, 2.

inconcinnus,¹⁵ a, um, qui n’est pas en harmonie, maladroit : Cic. de Or. 2, 17 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 29.

in-concinnus, a, um, ungefügig, ungereimt, ungeschickt, non inc. (v. einer Pers.), nicht ohne Geschick, mit Kunst u. Gewandtheit, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 29: qui in aliquo genere inconcinnus et multus est, ungereimt (gegen den Austand) verfährt, Cic. de or. 2, 17: asperitas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, bäurisch rohes Wesen und unschicklich plumpes Betragen, Hor. ep. 1, 18, 6: versus absurdi et inconcinni (plumpe, abgeschmackte), Amm. 15, 5, 37.