(adjective) : illībĕrālis (inl-), e, in-liberalis
* Unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.; mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: labor,id. Fin. 1, 1, 3: facinus,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3: duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,id. de Or. 1, 32, 146: mens,Quint. 1, 3, 14: cibus (raphanus),Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79: servom haud illiberalem praebes te,Ter. And. 5, 5, 5: non te in me illiberalem putabit,disobliging,Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.
* Niggardly, grasping: paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,Liv. 38, 14, 14. —Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly: factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30: me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2: aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,i. e. meanly, stingily,id. ib. 4, 2, 5.

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