I. Unpleasant, disagreeable (class. in prose and poetry).
A. Of things: “bene quae in me fecerunt, ingrata habui,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 30: “sin autem ingrata esse sentiam,” Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3: fuit haec oratio non ingrata Gallis. Caes. B. G. 7, 30: “ingratam Veneri pone superbiam,” Hor. C. 3, 10, 9: “labor,” Verg. G. 3, 97: “jocus,” Ov. F. 3, 738: “sapor,” Col. 7, 8, 7.—
B. Of persons: non ingratus, acceptable, agreeable: “Gaetulicus exercitui,” Tac. A. 6, 36 (30). —
II. Unthankful, ungrateful.
A. Lit.: “ingratus est, qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod accepit: ingratus qui dissimulat: ingratus qui non reddit: ingratissimus omnium, qui oblitus est,” Sen. Ben. 3, 1: “nihil cognovi ingratius,” Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2: “ingrati animi crimen,” id. ib. 9, 2, 2: “ingratum esse in aliquem,” Liv. 38, 50, 7; Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 2: “contra aliquem,” Dig. 4, 2, 21: “vir adversus merita Caesaris ingratissimus,” Vell. 2, 69; cf. Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 2: “quia nihil amas, quom ingratum amas,” irresponsive, who makes no return, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 46.—
2. Pass., that receives no thanks: “ingrata atque inrita esse omnia intellego quae dedi,” Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10: “donum,” id. Truc. 2, 6, 54: “umeri,” Stat. Th. 1, 700. —
B. Transf., of inanimate things that do not repay the trouble bestowed upon them, ungrateful: ager, that bears nothing, Mart. 10, 47, 4: “amicitiae,” id. 5, 19, 8: “ignosces tamen post, et id ingratum,” you will get no thanks for it, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 61: “pericla,” Verg. A. 7, 425: “cubile,” id. ib. 12, 144: “ingratā ingluvie rem stringere (i. e. quae numquam satiatur, numquam acceptis contenta est),” insatiable, Hor. S. 1, 2, 8: “ingrato vocem prostituisse foro,” Ov. Am. 1, 15, 6: “mulier contra patronum suum ingrata,” Dig. 4, 2, 21.— Hence, adv.: ingrātē .
1. Unpleasantly, disagreeably: “ingrate viridis gemma,” Plin. 37, 5, 19, § 74: “sunt quibus ingrate timida indulgentia servit,” Ov. A. A. 2, 435: “non ingrate nominando Varrone,” not unwillingly, Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 23 (al. in grege).—