indoctus
κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-doctus: a, um, adj.,
I untaught, unlearned, uninstructed, ignorant, unskilful.
I Of persons (class.): homo, Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59: (Juventius) nec indoctus, et magna cum juris civilis intellegentia, Cic. Brut. 48, 178: est habitus indoctior, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4. — As subst.: doctus indoctum superabit, Quint. 2, 17, 43: indocti, the ignorant, id. 3, 8, 51; 4, 2, 37; Juv. 2, 4; 13, 181.—With inf. (poet.): Cantabrum indoctum juga ferre nostra, Hor. C. 2, 6, 2.—With gen.: Tiro haudquaquam rerum veterum indoctus, Gell. 7, 3, 8: pilae discive trochive, Hor. A. P. 380. — With acc. (post-class.): homo pleraque alia non indoctus, Gell. 9, 10, 5. —
II Of inanimate and abstract things (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): indoctae rusticaeve manus, Quint. 1, 11, 16: brevitas, id. 4, 2, 46: mores, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. (Ritschl, moribus moris): canet indoctum, i. e. sine arte, naturā tantum duce, artless, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 9.— Hence, adv.: in-doctē, unlearnedly, ignorantly, unskilfully (class.): verba haud indocte fecit, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 14: non indocte solum, verum etiam impie facere, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 44.— Comp.: dicere indoctius, etc., Gell. 12, 5, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
indoctus,¹¹ a, um,
1 qui n’est pas instruit, qui n’est pas cultivé, ignorant : Cic. Br. 178 ; est habitus indoctior Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, il fut considéré comme un homme mal dégrossi ; indocti Cic. Ac. 1, 4, les ignorants || [avec gén.] ignorant de, qui ne connaît pas : Hor. P. 380 ; Gell. 7, 3, 8 ; [avec acc.] Gell. 9, 10, 5 || [avec inf.] Hor. O. 2, 6, 2
2 [en parl. des choses] qui ne doit rien à l’art, à la science : indocta consuetudo Cic. Or. 161, la coutume sans l’art, instinctive || [poét.] canere indoctum Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 9, faire entendre des chants qui ne doivent rien à l’art.
