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Lewis Short
(adjective) : ĭn-ūtĭlis, e
* Useless, unserviceable, unprofitable; constr. absol., with ad, or with dat. (class.).
* In gen.
* Of persons.
* Esp., hurtful, injurious.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: rami,Hor. Epod. 2, 13: naves ad navigandum inutiles,Caes. B. G. 4, 29: tempestas non inutilis ad capiendum consilium,id. ib. 7, 27: impedimenta,Liv. 38, 15 fin.: ferrum,Verg. A. 2, 510: lingua,Ov. H. 4, 7: alga,Hor. C. 3, 7, 10: et genus et nomen jactare,id. ib. 1, 14, 3: inutiles oratori universales quaestiones,Quint. 3, 5, 12; 5, 10, 82: ad audiendum,id. 4, 1, 34.—With subj.-clause: quod non inutile sit imitari,Quint. 2, 3, 11; 1, 1, 27; 11, 2, 48 et saep.: stipulatio,invalid,Gai. Inst. 3, 97: fidei commissa,id. ib. 2, 261.—Sup.: inutilissimus quisque,Col. 3, 10, 1.
* With dat.: aetate inutiles bello,Caes. B. G. 7, 78: sibi,Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: reipublicae,Liv. 29, 1.
* Of persons: seditiosus et inutilis civis,Cic. Off. 2, 14; so id. ib. 3, 13: sed sibi inutilior,Ov. M. 13, 37: mihi reique publicae,Hirt. B. Afr. 54.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: fungus,Cels. 5, 27, n. 17: inutile est,Cic. Off. 3, 13; Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257: aquae inutiles pestilentesque,Sen. Q. N. 6, 27: oratio,Liv. 42, 14: arbitrium,Ov. M. 11, 100.—Adv.: ĭnū-tĭlĭter.
* Uselessly, unprofitably: non inutiliter,Quint. 2, 4, 18.
* Hurtfully, injuriously: late diffusa aqua bibitur inutilius,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2: administrare,Hirt. B. Alex. 65, 1.
* Useless, unserviceable, unprofitable; constr. absol., with ad, or with dat. (class.).
* In gen.
* Of persons.
* Esp., hurtful, injurious.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: rami,Hor. Epod. 2, 13: naves ad navigandum inutiles,Caes. B. G. 4, 29: tempestas non inutilis ad capiendum consilium,id. ib. 7, 27: impedimenta,Liv. 38, 15 fin.: ferrum,Verg. A. 2, 510: lingua,Ov. H. 4, 7: alga,Hor. C. 3, 7, 10: et genus et nomen jactare,id. ib. 1, 14, 3: inutiles oratori universales quaestiones,Quint. 3, 5, 12; 5, 10, 82: ad audiendum,id. 4, 1, 34.—With subj.-clause: quod non inutile sit imitari,Quint. 2, 3, 11; 1, 1, 27; 11, 2, 48 et saep.: stipulatio,invalid,Gai. Inst. 3, 97: fidei commissa,id. ib. 2, 261.—Sup.: inutilissimus quisque,Col. 3, 10, 1.
* With dat.: aetate inutiles bello,Caes. B. G. 7, 78: sibi,Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: reipublicae,Liv. 29, 1.
* Of persons: seditiosus et inutilis civis,Cic. Off. 2, 14; so id. ib. 3, 13: sed sibi inutilior,Ov. M. 13, 37: mihi reique publicae,Hirt. B. Afr. 54.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: fungus,Cels. 5, 27, n. 17: inutile est,Cic. Off. 3, 13; Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257: aquae inutiles pestilentesque,Sen. Q. N. 6, 27: oratio,Liv. 42, 14: arbitrium,Ov. M. 11, 100.—Adv.: ĭnū-tĭlĭter.
* Uselessly, unprofitably: non inutiliter,Quint. 2, 4, 18.
* Hurtfully, injuriously: late diffusa aqua bibitur inutilius,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2: administrare,Hirt. B. Alex. 65, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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