inhonestus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-hŏnestus: a, um, adj.
I Dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful (class.): eho, impure, inhoneste, labes popli! Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4: simus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18: ignotā matre inhonestus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 36: vita, Sall. C. 20, 9: exitus nobis non inhonestus, inglorious, Prop. 2, 26, 58 (3, 22, 38 Müll.): mors, id. 2, 7, 89 (2, 8 b, 27 M.); Liv. 29, 18: vulnus, Verg. A. 6, 497: (hostes) inhonesta vulnera tergo accipiunt, Ov. F. 2, 211: pax, Tac. A. 15, 25: Vitellius gulā et ventre sibi inhonestus, id. H. 2, 31 Orell. N. cr.: nihil injustum atque inhonestum, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 41: quid hoc joco inhonestius, more indecent, Val. Max. 7, 8, 9.— Sup.: inhonestissima cupiditas, Cic. Quint. Fr. 1, 1, 6 fin.: homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus, id. Rosc. Am. 18.—
II Unseemly, ugly, filthy: homo, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 65; 5, 4, 16.— Hence, adv.: ĭn-hŏnestē, dishonorably, disgracefully: parere divitias, Ter. And. 4, 5, 2: accusare, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 9: submitti alicui, Vell. 2, 37, 3: (with improbe) facere aliquid, Gell. 10, 19, 1.—Comp., Capitol. Ver. 8.
