I.unseparated, undivided, closely connected (syn. indivisus; mostly post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “agricultura,” Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 7: “quibusdam indiscretum caput, ut cancris,” Plin. 11, 37, 46, § 129; 16, 29, 43, § 84: “suum cuique sanguinem indiscretum, sed maxime principibus,” i. e. to every one those of his own blood are most inseparably united, closely connected, Tac. H. 4, 52; cf.: “juncta ista atque indiscreta sunt,” Quint. 1, 2, 3; and: “ita inter se conexa et indiscreta,” id. 10, 1, 2. —
II. Trop.
A. Undistinguished, without distinction: “quidam indiscretis his nominibus utuntur,” Cels. 4, 3: “multos occidere indiscretos,” Sen. Clem. 1, 26.—
B. Undistinguishable: “imagines similitudinis indiscretae,” Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88: “indiscreta veri (canis) similitudo,” id. 34, 7, 17, § 38: “proles suis,” Verg. A. 10, 392: “vita feris,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 44: “concolor exustis atque indiscretus harenis Ammodytes,” Luc. 9, 715: “sicut in gregibus pecudum, confusa et indiscreta omnia,” Lact. Epit. 38, 3: dignitas, alike, equal, Cod. Th. 6, 7, 1.—
C. Act., not distinguishing, random, indiscreet: “familiaritas,” Sid. Ep. 7, 9. — Advv.: indiscrētē and indiscrē-tim , without distinction, alike, indiscriminately.
1. Form indiscrete (post-Aug.): “ut avium et animalium vocis edatur imitatio,” Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174: repleta subsellia Circi, Spart. Nigr. 3.—*
2. Form indiscretim: ad saeculares indices debere deduci, Cod. Th. 16, 2, 47; Sol. 30.
