incautus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-cautus: a, um, adj.
I Act., incautious, heedless, improvident, inconsiderate (class.; syn. improvidus): ut in ipsum incautum atque etiam imparatum incideret, Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: Trebonius oppressus est ab hoste incautus, id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Planc. 22, 53; id. N. D. 2, 1, 1: minime incautus patronus, id. Brut. 70, 246: ab secundis rebus incauti, Liv. 5, 44, 6: ad credendum pavor, id. 9, 12, 8. — Comp.: incautior fuissem, nisi, etc., Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 1: juventa, Liv. 30, 13, 14. — Sup.: incautissimus quia credulus, Sid. Ep. 8, 11. —
   (b)    With ab, or the gen.: a fraude, Liv. 40, 5, 5: futuri, Hor. S. 1, 1, 35: sui, Stat. Th. 6, 766. —
II Pass., not guarded against or that cannot be guarded against, unforeseen, unexpected, uncertain, dangerous (not in ante-Aug. prose): scelus, Lucr. 6, 390; cf.: sic est incautum quidquid habetur amor, Prop. 2, 4, 14 (v. 24 M.): quod neglexeris incautum at que apertum habes, Liv. 25, 38, 14: iter hostibus, Tac. A. 1, 50: sub ictu, Sil. 2, 99: tenebrae, Luc. 5, 500.— Hence, adv.: in-cautē, incautiously, inconsiderately: adhuc stulte omnia et incaute, Cic. Att. 7, 10: atque inconsulte pugnare. Liv. 7, 15, 9.— Comp.: quod paulo incautius custodias in muro dispositas videbat, Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1: sequi, id. B. C. 3, 24, 2: subit murum, Liv. 21, 7, 10: potes apparatius cenare apud multos: nusquam hilarius, simplicius, incautius, more at ease, Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 4.— Sup.: ut se ipsos incautissime proderent, Aug. de Mor. Manich. fin.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

incautus,¹⁰ a, um,
1 qui n’est pas sur ses gardes, imprudent : Cic. Phil. 11, 5 ; Nat. 2, 1 ; -tior Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 1 ; -issimus Sid. Ep. 8, 11 || ab aliqua re Liv. 40, 5, 5, qui n’est pas en garde du côté de (contre) qqch. ; [avec gén.] Hor. S. 1, 1, 35
2 dont on ne peut se garder, dangereux, imprévu : Lucr. 6, 390 ; Liv. 25, 38, 14 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 50.