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Morphology Lemmata insulsus (external link: insulsus )Forms: insulsa (data provider: perseus), insulsae (data provider: perseus), insulsam (data provider: perseus), insulse (data provider: perseus), insulsi (data provider: perseus), insulsior (data provider: perseus), insulsis (data provider: perseus), insulsissima (data provider: perseus), insulsissime (data provider: perseus), insulsissimus (data provider: perseus), insulsius (data provider: perseus), insulso (data provider: perseus), insulsum (data provider: perseus), insulsus (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary insulsus insulsus, a, um, adj. [2. in-salsus], unsalted , insipid.
I. Lit. : amurcā insulsā perfundunt sulcos , Col. 2, 9 : gula , that longs for tasteless things , Cic. Att. 13, 31, 4 . — Comp. : cibus insulsior , Hier. Ep. 22, 40 .—
II. Trop.
A. Bungling , awkward : Tyndaris illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra laevaque tenebat , Juv. 6, 658 .—
B. Tasteless , insipid , silly , absurd : non insulsum huic ingeniumst , Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 79 : est etiam in verbo positum non insulsum genus (ridiculi) , Cic. de Or. 2, 64 : multa (in sermone) nec illitterata, nec insulsa esse videntur , id. Fam. 9, 16 : adulescens , id. Cael. 29 : acuti, nec insulsi hominis sententia , id. Tusc. 1, 8 .—Sup. : insulsissimus homo , Cat. 17, 12 .—As subst. : insulsae, ārum, f. (sc mulieres), silly creatures , Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2 . — Adv. : insulsē, tastelessly , insipidly , foolishly , absurdly : aliquid facere , Cic. Att. 15, 4 : insulse, arroganter dicere , id. ib. 5, 10 : non insulse interpretari , not amiss , not badly , id. de Or. 2, 54 .—Comp. : nihil potest dici insulsius , Gell. 16, 12 .—Sup. : haec etiam addit insulsissime , Gell. 12, 2, 6 .
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