I.unmerciful, rigorous, harsh, rough, severe (as an adj. perh. not ante-Aug. and very rare; “not in Cicero): increpabant inclementem dictatorem,” Liv. 8, 32, 13: “signifer,” Sil. 8, 440: “verbo inclementiori appellari,” Liv. 9, 34, 23: “inclementissimus,” Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10.— Adv.: inclēmenter , rigorously, harshly, roughly, severely: “in aliquem dicere,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 110; id. Ps. 1, 1, 25: “loqui alicui,” id. Poen. 5, 5, 44: “increpantes,” Liv. 32, 22, 1: “nihil dictum,” id. 22, 38, 8: “censuit,” Plin. 18, 6,7, § “35: si quis est, qui dictum in se inclementius existimabit esse,” Ter. Eun. prol. 4: “inclementius invehi in aliquem,” Liv. 3, 48, 4.
in-clēmens , entis, adj.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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