imperfectus
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English
imperfectus imperfecta, imperfectum ADJ :: unfinished, incomplete; imperfect; not complete in every respect; undigested
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
imperfectus: (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inperfectus,
I unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (not freq. till after the Aug. per.): quidam homines in capite meo solum elaborarunt, reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude reliquerunt, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15: quaedam (animalia), Ov. M. 1, 427; cf. infans, id. ib. 3, 310: pars manebat, Verg. A. 8, 428: pons, Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6: cibus, i. e. undigested, Juv. 3, 233: imperfecto adhuc bello, Suet. Caes. 26: qui imperfectum librum supple verit, id. ib. 56; cf. Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 2: librum reliquerat, Suet. Gramm. 12: opera reliquit, id. Tib. 47: quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant, Quint. 3, 1, 7: causae (opp. perfectae), id. 4, 2, 3: sermo, id. 9, 2, 57; 11, 3, 121: vita, Lucr. 3, 958.—Comp.: insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est, Gell. 1, 7, 20.—As subst.: imperfectum, i, n.: sunt omnia in quaedam genera partita aut incohata nulla ex parte perfecta; imperfecto autem nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest, Cic. Univ. 4.—
II Esp., morally imperfect; plur. as subst. (opp. sapientes): ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet, Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.—Adv.: imperfectē, imperfectly, incompletely: imperfecte atque praepostere syllogismo uti, Gell. 2, 8, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
imperfectus,¹¹ a, um (in, perficio), non achevé, inachevé, incomplet, imparfait : Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15 ; Cæs. G. 6, 35, 6 ; Virg. En. 8, 428 ; imperfectus cibus Juv. 3, 233, aliment mal digéré || -tior Gell. 1, 7, 20 || subst. m. pl., gens imparfaits : Sen. Tranq. 11, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
im-perfectus, a, um (in u. perfectus), unvollendet, unvollständig, unvollkommen (Ggstz. perfectus), I) im allg.: theatrum Niceae maximā iam parte constructum, imperfectum (unausgebaut) tamen, Plin. ep.: fossa imperfecta, Plin.: novissimus imperfectusque liber od. commentarius, Hirt. b. G.: aut imperfecta res est aut perfecta, ICt.: infans adhuc imp., Ov.: cibus, unverdaute, Iuven. (so auch quidquid assumptum est, imperfectum [[[unverdaut]]] protinus reddunt, Cels.): verba, Ov.: sermo, Quint.: reliquum corpus imperfectum ac rude relinquere, Cic.: u. so librum od. opus imperfectum relinquere, Suet.: pars imperfecta manebat, Verg. – neutr. subst., imperfecto nec absoluto simile pulchrum esse nihil potest, Cic.: Plur. imperfecta loqui, gebrochen reden, Plin. – Compar., insuavius hoc imperfectiusque est, Gell. 1, 7, 20. – II) insbes., sittlich unvollkommen (Ggstz. sapiens), ad imperfectos et mediocres et male sanos hic meus sermo pertinet, non ad sapientem, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 11, 1.
