Incertum, ti. n. g. Substantiuum. Papinian. Doubtfulnes: vncertainetie.Incerto lcio, aduerbialiter, pro Clam me est.Plaut.I knowe not wel.
Incertus, Adiect Vncertaine: doubtful: vnconstant: wauering.Nihil est incertius vulgo. Ciccro. There is nothing more vnconstant and wauering than the common people.Lubrica & incerta puerilis ætas. Ci. Slipper and waucring.Incertus animus.Terent.Doubtful mind.Aura incerta Ouid. Ancipites & incerti casus. Cic.Incerta consilia. Teren. Crines incertos colligere.Ouid.To trusse vp hir haire that hangeth loose.Errores incerti. Lucr. Doubtful erroures.Euentus futuri temporis incerti.Cicer.It is vncertaine how things wil fal out in time to come.Incertus armorum exitus.Cic.The doubtful ende of warre.Incertus fons. Plin. The heade of a riuer vnknowne.Litus breue & incertum. Tac. Mens incerta.Ouid.Incereæ nuptiæ.Terent.A maryage to be doubted whether it wil be sure or no.Pede incerto ferebar. Hor. I went faltering or reeling like a dronken man.Pericula incerta. Vir. Incerta possessio. Cic.Soles incerti. Vir. Tellus incertissima regni.Stat.Vices incertæ.Ouid. Vulgus incertum. Vir. Incertus animi. Ter. That cannot tell what to doe: doubtfull.Incertus sententiæ. Liuius. That cannot tel what to say to a thing.Incertus veri.Liu.That knoweth not the trueth for a suertie.Salutis incerta.Ouid.Suspensus & incertus obscura spe pendeo. Cicero. To hang doubtfully and waueringly in a small hope.De vxore incertus sum etiam quid sim facturus. Ter. As cõcerning a wife I am yet vncertaine what I shall doe.Quum incertum sit de iniuria.Cic.Incertus sum. Plau. I cannot tel: I know not: I am ignorant.Incertus eram vbi esses.Cic.I knew not where pe were.Incertior multò sum, qum dudum. Ter. Aura quauis incertior. Oui. More wauering than any wind.Stabile & incertum, contraria.Cic.In incertum, vel In incetto.Liu. Vide IN. Incertum vtrum quia verum erat, an quia grauiora metuebat, si negasset. Pli. iun. But it was vncertaine whether he did it because, &c.De spatio atque longinquitate vitæ hominum, locorum situs incertum fecere.Incerta pro certis habere, stultum.Cicer.Much follie it is to leaue certaine for vncertaine.
, Sall. J. 106, 2: ille vitam suam ad incertissimam spem reservavit, Cic. Sest. 22, 50: arbori incertae nullam prudentia cani Rectoris cum ferret opem, the ship uncertain in her course, because no longer obeying the helm, Juv. 12, 32 Halm. — In neutr. ellipt.: clauserant portas incertum vi an voluntate, Liv. 31, 41, 2; 31, 43, 7 al. — Neutr. as adv. (poet.): incertum vigilans, Ov. H. 10, 9; Stat. Th. 5, 212. — II. Subject., as respects one's perceptions or convictions, not firmly established, uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, dubious (so most freq. in prose and poetry): nihil est incertius vulgo, Cic. Mur. 17, 36: casus, id. Or. 28, 98: ut alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt, id. Off. 2, 2, 7; cf.: est igitur ridiculum, quod est dubium, id relinquere incertum, id. Mur. 32, 68; and: incerta atque dubia, Plin. 17, 1, 1, 9 fin.: ut incertis temporibus diversisque itineribus iretur, Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; so, eventus reliqui temporis, Cic. Quint. 26, 83: exitus pugnarum, id. Mil. 21, 56: adulterium, Quint. 7, 2, 52: auctor, id. 5, 11, 41: cujus ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli,
make the sex doubtful
, Juv. 15, 137: incerta persona heres institui non potest, Ulp. Fragm. 22, 4; Gai. Inst. 2, 242; cf. 2, 238.—(b). With rel. or interrog.-clause: nunc mihi incertumst, abeam an maneam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 19: moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an hoc ipso die, Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27: (Gallus) avem, an gentem, an nomen, an fortunam corporis significet, incertum est, id. 7, 9, 2: confessus est quidem sed incertum, utrum quia verum erat, an quia, etc., Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 5: neque plane occultati humilitate arborum et tamen incerti, quidnam esset, Sall. J. 49, 5 Kritz.—Abl. absol.: multi annantes navibus incerto prae tenebris, quid aut peterent aut vitarent, foede interierunt, Liv. 28, 36, 12.—2.Subst.: incer-tum, i, n., an uncertainty: quicquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: ne cujus incerti vanique auctor esset, Liv. 4, 13, 9: incerta maris et tempestatum, Tac. A. 3, 54: incerta fortunae experiri, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4: incerta belli, Liv. 30, 2: bona, fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur, Cic. Caecin. 27, 76; cf. id. ib. 13, 38: Minucius praefectus annonae in incertum creatus,
for an indefinite time
, Liv. 4, 13, 7: postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat, Sall. J. 38, 5: Allobroges diu in incerto habuere, quidnam consilii caperent, id. C. 41, 1; cf. id. J. 46, 8: imperia ducum in incerto reliquerat, Tac. H. 2, 33 fin.— B.Transf., of a person who is in a state of uncertainty respecting any thing, uncertain, in uncertainty, hesitating, doubtful: quo ego ope mea Pro incertis certos compotesque consili Dimitto, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 188 Vahl.): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; so, varius incertusque agitabat, Sall. J. 74, 1; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 3: ego certe me incerto scio hoc daturum nemini homini, id. As. 2, 4, 60.—(b). With rel.-clause: quid dicam hisce, incertus sum, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36: cum incertus essem, ubi esses, Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1: incerti ignarique, quid potissimum facerent, Sall. J. 67, 1: incerti quidnam esset, id. ib. 49, 5: incertus, quonam modo aciem instrueret, id. ib. 101, 2: incerti, quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur, Verg. A. 3, 7: incertus, Geniumne loci famulumne parentis Esse putet, id. ib. 5, 95: faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 2.—(g). With gen. (not in Cic.): summarum rerum incerti, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 187 Vahl.): incertusque meae paene salutis eram, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4: sententiae, Liv. 4, 57, 3: veri, id. 4, 23, 3; 1, 27, 6: rerum, id. 24, 24, 9: ultionis, Tac. A. 2, 75: sui, Stat. Th. 5, 525: naves incertae locorum, Auct. B. Afr. 7: mox incertus animi, fesso corpore, etc., Tac. A. 6, 46; id. H. 3, 55 fin.: futurorum, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11: consilii, Curt. 8, 10, 27.—(d). With abl.: incerti metu, Val. Fl. 3, 602.—(e) With de and abl.: incertus de salute alicujus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 10.—Hence, adv. in two forms: incertē and incerto (both ante-class.), uncertainly, not certainly, dubiously: incerte errat animus, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 259 Vahl.): vagat exsul, Pac. ap. Non. 467, 25 (Trag. Rel. p. 87 Rib.): ubi Habitet dum incerto scio, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69: incerto scio, id. Ps. 4, 2, 7: incerto autumo, id. Ep. 4, 1, 18.