imperitus
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English
imperitus imperita, imperitum ADJ :: unskilled, inexperienced (in); unfamiliar, ignorant (of) (w/GEN)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
impĕrītus: (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inperitus,
I inexperienced in any thing, not knowing, unacquainted with, unskilled, ignorant, without experience (class.; syn.: ignarus, rudis; opp. prudens, callidus); constr. usually with the gen. or absol., rarely with in.
(a) With gen.: homines adulescentulos, inperitos rerum, Ter. And. 5, 4, 8: summi juris peritissimus, civilis non imperitus, Cic. Rep. 5, 3: imperitus foederis, rudis exemplorum, ignarus belli, id. Balb. 20, 47; cf. id. de Or. 3, 44, 175: homo imperitus morum, agricola et rusticus, with no experience of life, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143: homines barbari et nostrae consuetudinis imperiti, Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 17: conviciorum, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: lyrae, Quint. 1, 10, 19: poëmatum quoque non imperitus, Suet. Aug. 89.—
(b) Absol.: homine inperito numquam quicquam injustius, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 18: cum in theatro imperiti homines, rerum omnium rudes ignarique consederant, Cic. Fl. 7, 16: callidum imperitus fraudasse dicitur, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: sin apud indoctos imperitosque dicemus, id. Part. 26, 92; cf. id. Rep. 1, 16: cum imperiti facile ad credendum impellerentur, id. ib. 2, 10: uti prudentes cum imperitis manus consererent, Sall. J. 49, 2: ne quis imperitior existimet, me, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135; so, imperitiores quidam, Quint. 1, 10, 28: contio quae ex imperitissimis constat, etc., Cic. Lael. 25, 95: multitudo imperita et rudis, Liv. 1, 19, 4.—Rarely of things: ingenium, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39: poëma imperito quodam initio fusum, Quint. 9, 4, 114.—
(g) With in: in his non imperitus, Vitr. 1, 1: in verbis adeo imperitus, Quint 1, 4, 27; 12, 3, 5.— Hence, adv.: impĕrītē, unskilfully, ignorantly, awkwardly: imperite absurdeque fictum, Cic. Rep. 2, 15: dicebat Scipio non imperite, id. Brut. 47, 175: excerpta, Quint. 2, 15, 24.—Ellipt.: hoc imperite (suppl. factum), Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81.—Comp.: quid potuit dici imperitius? Cic. Balb. 8, 20.—Sup.: cum est illud imperitissime dictum, Cic. Balb. 11, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
impĕrītus,⁹ a, um (in, peritus), ignorant, inexpérimenté, mal informé, non au courant, inhabile : Cic. Fl. 17 ; imperitissimi Cic. Læl. 95, les gens les plus ignorants ; -tior Cic. Amer. 135 || non connaisseur : Cic. Or. 209 ; Part. 92 || [avec gén.] : homines nostræ consuetudinis imperiti Cæs. G. 4, 22, 1, des gens qui ne sont pas au courant de notre habitude, cf. Cic. Balbo 47 ; de Or. 3, 175 || in aliqua re Quint. 1, 4, 27, novice, ignorant dans qqch., cf. Quint. 12, 3, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
im-perītus, a, um (in u. peritus), in etw. unerfahren, ohne Erfahrung, in etw. unbewandert, einer Sache unkundig, mit etw. nicht vertraut, ein Laie od. Pfuscher in etw. (Ggstz. peritus, callidus), α) m. Genet.: imperitus nandi (Ggstz. peritus nandi), Liv. u. Tac.: iuris civilis non imperitus, Cic.: imperitus rerum (Verhältnisse), Caes.: homo imperitus morum, ohne Kenntnis des Charakters der Menschen, nicht weltklug, Cic.: homo omnium rerum imperitus, ohne alle Lebenserfahrung, Cic.: homines nostrae consuetudinis imperiti, Caes. – subst., imperitus dicendi ignarusque, Cic. – β) m. in u. Abl.: in his (doctrinis) non imperitus, Vitr.: in verbis adeo imperitus, Quint.: in testationibus faciendis esse imperitum, Quint. – γ) m. ad u. Akk., rudes et imperitas aures ad male audiendum habens, Apul. apol. 3 extr. – δ) absol.: homines imperiti, Cic.: medicus imperitus, ein Pfuscher, Cels.: imperitissimae gentes, Cels. – ingenium imperitum, Plaut.: initium imperitum, Quint. – v. Pers. oft subst., callidum imperitum fraudasse dicitur, Cic.: bes. im Plur., Cic. u.a.; Ggstz. prudentes, Sall.; Ggstz. artifices, Plin. ep.: so auch im Compar. u. Superl. subst., imperitiores quidam, Quint.: contio, quae imperitissimis constat, Cic.
