adverb
īnfabrē
īnfabrē (not comparable)
Classical[ˈĩː.fa.breː]Ecclesiastical[ˈiɱ.fa.bre]
Meaning
- not comparableunskillfully
in-fā^brē, adv.,
I. in an unworkmanlike manner, unskilfully, rudely (opp. affabre; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pestem novā figurā factam, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. 40, 31, and 248, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 93 Rib.):
vasa, non infabre facta, Liv. 36, 40, 12: sculptum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-fabrē adv.,
unskilfully, rudely: vasa non infabre facta, L.: sculptum, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinīnfabrē
Latin fabrē Latin īnfabrē From in- (“un-”) + fabrē (“skilfully”).