infacetus

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infacetus infaceta, infacetum ADJ :: coarse, boorish

in-făcētus: (infĭc-), a, um, adj.,
I coarse, blunt, rude, unmannerly, not witty, stupid (class.).
I Of persons: inficetus (homo), Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 4: Canius nec infacetus, et satis litteratus, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: saeclum (with insipiens), Cat. 43, 8.—
II Of things: non inficetum mendacium, Cic. Cael. 29, 69: dictum, Suet. Gramm. 23; Mart. 5, 78, 30.— Adv.: infăcētē (infĭc-), coarsely, rudely, unwittily, stupidly (not in Cic. or Cæs.): quem haud infacete Pompeius Xerxem togatum vocare assueverat, Vell. 2, 33 fin.; Suet. Vesp. 20.—Sup.: pictus inficetissime Gallus, Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 25.

īnfăcētus¹⁴ (qqf. īnficetus), a, um, grossier, sans esprit : Cic. Off. 3, 58 ; Cæl. 69.

īn-facētus u. īn-ficētus, a, um (vgl. über die doppelte Form Ochsner Cic. ecl. p. 156 sq. und Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 348), unfein, ohne Witz, witzlos, plump, abgeschmackt, homo non infac., ein feiner Mann, Cic.: idem infaceto est infacetior rure, Catull.: übtr., mendacium non infic., Cic.: dictum non infac., Suet.: o saeculum insapiens et infacetum, Catull.

infacetus, a, um. adj. :: 無趣者