incomptus
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English
incomptus incompta, incomptum ADJ :: disheveled; untidy; unpolished
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-comptus: (incomt-), a, um, adj.,
I unadorned, inelegant, artless, rude (rare but class.).
I Lit.: incomptis Curium capillis, Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; so Ov. M. 9, 789; cf. caput, Hor. Epod. 5, 16; and: nuda, nudis incompta capillis, Ov. M. 4, 261.— In Comp.: incomptiore capillo, Suet. Aug. 69: ungues, unpared, untrimmed, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Acad. 3, 7, IV. 2, p. 471 Orell.: apparatus, Tac. G. 14.—
II Trop., of speech: ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnallae inornatae, quas id ipsum deceat: sic haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta delectat, Cic. Or. 23, 78; cf. id. Att. 2, 1, 1: ars, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234: nuda sit et velut incompta oratio, Quint. 8, 6, 41; Liv. 4, 41, 1: coloni versibus incomptis ludunt, Verg. G. 2, 386: (versus), Hor. A. P. 446.— Adv.: incomptē, roughly, inelegantly (post-class. and very rare): dolantur stipites, Amm. 31, 2: laudare, Stat. S. 5, 5, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
incōmptus¹² ou incomtus, a, um,
1 non peigné : Hor. O. 1, 12, 41 ; incomptior capillus Suet. Aug. 69, chevelure en désordre
2 sans art, sans apprêt, sans ornement, négligé [en parl. du style] : Cic. Or. 78 ; Att. 2, 1, 1 ; de Or. 1, 234 ; Quint. 8, 6, 41 ; Hor. P. 446 ; Virg. G. 2, 386.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-cōmptus, a, um, ungepflegt, a) physisch, ungues, unbeschnittene, Cic. fr.: signa, ungeputzte, nicht blanke, Tac.: apparatus, einfache, Tac.: bes. v. Haupt- u. Barthaar, ungepflegt, ungeordnet, ungekämmt, capilli, Hor. u. Ov.: incomptior capillus, Suet.: inc. caput, Hor.: u. v. Pers., horridus, incomptus (das Haupt- und Barthaar ungepflegt), Tac.: nudis incompta capillis, Ov.: poet., longos incompta capillos, Tibull. – b) geistig, α) v. der Gesinnung, ungeschminkt, geradeaus gehend, militaris viri sensus incompti, Tac. ann. 15, 67. – β) v. der Rede usw., ungekünstelt, ohne Zierat, kunstlos, schmucklos, schlicht, roh (Ggstz. comptus), oratio, Cic. u. Liv.: versus, Verg.
