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(adjective) : illittĕrātus or illītĕrātus (inl-), a, um, in-litteratus.
* Unlettered, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned (class.): quem cognovimus virum bonum et non illitteratum,Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25: rusticus illitteratusque,Quint. 2, 21, 16: illitteratum dicimus non ex toto rudem, sed ad litteras altiores non perductum,Sen. Ben. 5, 13, 4; cf. also of one who cannot read,Col. 1, 8, 4. —Of things, unlearned, unpolished, inelegant: incidunt in sermone vario multa, quae fortasse illis cum dixi nec illitterata nec insulsa esse videantur,Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: nervi,Hor. Epod. 8, 17: scribo plurimas sed illitteratissimas litteras,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 9; 2, 3, 8.
* Unwritten, i. e. not drawn up in writing, = ἄγραφος (post-class. and very rare): tacito illitteratoque Atheniensium consensu,Gell. 11, 18, 4; cf.: illitterata pax est, quae litteris comprehensa non est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 113 Müll.
* Inarticulate: sonitus,interjections,Prisc. 1024 P.: vox,id. 537 P.
* Unlettered, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned (class.): quem cognovimus virum bonum et non illitteratum,Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25: rusticus illitteratusque,Quint. 2, 21, 16: illitteratum dicimus non ex toto rudem, sed ad litteras altiores non perductum,Sen. Ben. 5, 13, 4; cf. also of one who cannot read,Col. 1, 8, 4. —Of things, unlearned, unpolished, inelegant: incidunt in sermone vario multa, quae fortasse illis cum dixi nec illitterata nec insulsa esse videantur,Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: nervi,Hor. Epod. 8, 17: scribo plurimas sed illitteratissimas litteras,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 9; 2, 3, 8.
* Unwritten, i. e. not drawn up in writing, = ἄγραφος (post-class. and very rare): tacito illitteratoque Atheniensium consensu,Gell. 11, 18, 4; cf.: illitterata pax est, quae litteris comprehensa non est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 113 Müll.
* Inarticulate: sonitus,interjections,Prisc. 1024 P.: vox,id. 537 P.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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