Infrequens, pe. cor. om. g. Not greatly haunced or resorced to: that resorteth or commeth seldome to a place.Infrequens Senarus.Liu.Cic.A small number of Senators assembled. Infrequens miles.Plaut.A souldier much absent out of the camye.Infrequens sum Romæ.Cicer.I vse not to come muche to Rome: I ant seldome at Rome.Cultor infrequens deorum. Hor. Infrequens, cum geniti no. Gel. Infrequens sum vocum latinarum. I vse latine wordes seldome times.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.I.Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare: sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4: parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,
unfrequent
, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. — Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,
who makes few presents
, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. — II.Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual: cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12: eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur, Caes. B. C. 3, 2: interdictum, Dig. 43, 31, 1: usus, Gell. 9, 12, 19: vocabulum, id. 2, 22, 2: infrequentissima urbis,
the parts least inhabited
, Liv. 31, 23, 4: causa,
which is attended by few hearers
, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—B. Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing: altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis, Liv. 37, 32: signa infrequentia armatis,
to which but few soldiers belong
, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.: infrequentia signa, Liv. 7, 8: rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,