indomitus
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-dŏmĭtus: a, um, adj.,
I untamed, unsubdued, ungoverned, unrestrained; untamable, ungovernable, fierce, wild (class.).
I Lit.: boves indomitos emere, unbroken, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11: equus, Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59; Hor. S. 2, 2, 10; cf.: indomitā cervice feri, id. Ep. 1, 3, 34.—
II Trop.: pastores indomiti, spe libertatis excitati, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: indomitae et praeferoces nationes, Tac. A. 15, 27: acer et indomitus libertatisque magister, Juv. 2, 77.— Of things concr. and abstr.: oculi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 92: dextra, unconquered, Ov. M. 13, 355: Euri, id. H. 15, 9: mare, Tib. 2, 3, 45: Falernum, indigestible, Pers. 3, 3: mors, Hor. C. 2, 14, 4: licentia, id. ib. 3, 24, 28: ingenium, Quint. 10, 2, 19: cupiditates animi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: (with effrenata) libido, id. Clu. 6, 15: tarditas, invincible, that cannot be overcome or got rid of, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171: argentum, uncoined, Arn. 6, 200.
