impolitus
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
Latin > English
impolitus impolita, impolitum ADJ :: rough, unpolished
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
impŏlītus: (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. in-politus,
I unpolished, rough (class.).
I Lit.: structurae lapidum impolitorum, Quint. 8,63. —
II Trop., unpolished, inelegant, unrefined (class.): orationes Catonis valde laudo, significant enim quandam formam ingenii, sed admodum impolitam et plane rudem, Cic. Brut. 85, 294; cf.: genus hebes atque impolitum, id. de Or. 2, 31, 133: Timaeus ipsa compositione verborum non impolitus, id. ib. 2, 14, 58: grammaticus, Quint. 1, 5, 7: impolitae vero res et acerbae si erunt relictae, efferent se aliquando, etc., i. e. unfinished, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34. — * Adv.: impŏlītē, without ornament: tibi breviter impoliteque dicenti, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
impŏlītus,¹⁶ a, um (in, polio), qui n’est pas poli : lapis impolitus Quint. 8, 6, 63, pierre rugueuse, non travaillée || [fig.] qui n’a pas reçu le poli, inculte, grossier : Cic. Br. 294 ; de Or. 2, 133 || inachevé : Cic. Prov. 34.
Latin > German (Georges)
im-polītus, a, um (in u. polio), ungeglättet, I) eig.: linum, ungeklopftes, Fest. 317 (a), 32: saxum, unbehauener, Vulg. deut. 27, 6: u. so lapis, Quint. 8, 6, 63. Vulg. Iosue 8, 34. Vulg. 1. Esdr. 5, 8 u. 6, 4. – II) übtr.: a) ungefeilt, unausgebildet, ungebildet, forma ingenii admodum impolita et plane rudis, Cic.: genus hoc eorum, qui sibi eruditi videntur, hebes atque impolitum, Cic.: Timaeus ipsā compositione verborum non impolitus, einer gewissen Glätte nicht entbehrend, Cic.: ex quibus (grammaticis) si quis erit plane impolitus, Quint. – Compar. descriptio inpolitior, Veget. mil. 2, 4. – b) unvollendet, res, Cic. de prov. cons. 34.
