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ingrātĭa , ae, f. ingratus.
I. Thanklessness, ingratitude: “in ingratiam incidere,Tert. Poen. 1: “hominum,id. ib. 2.—Hence,
II. ingrātĭīs , or contr. ingrātīs (v. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19), without one's thanks, against one's will.
A. As subst. (rare, and not in class. Lat.): “tuis ingratiis ( = te invito),Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 11; “so perh. ingratiis nostris,Gell. 17, 1, 7.— With gen.: “vobis invitis atque amborum ingratiis,Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 7.—
B. Adv., unwillingly, against his (her, etc.) will (class., and in both forms): “id quod odio'st faciundum'st cum malo atque ingratiis,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 153; id. ib. 2, 5, 39; id. Am. 1, 1, 215; id. Curc. 1, 1, 6; id. Cist. 2, 3, 82; id. Men. 5, 8, 5; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 37; id. Eun. 2, 1, 14; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 48: “ingratis,Lucr. 3, 1069; 5, 44; Lact. 2, 10, 25: “extorquendum est invito atque ingratiis,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: “dicent quae necesse erit, ingratiis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19 Halm (Zumpt, ingratis): nisi plane cogit ingratiis, id. Tull. § 5; cf.: “ut ingratis ad depugnandum omnes cogerentur,against their will, Nep. Them. 4, 4; so, cogere, also App. M. 2, p. 123, 39. —See Hand, Turs. III. p. 379 sq.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.19
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 2.3
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.5
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.8
    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.4
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1069
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.44
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 4.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 17.1.7
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