indomitus
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
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.
