infelix

in-fēlix, īcis, adj., unfruitful, not fertile:

vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam,

Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

tellus frugibus,

Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314:

lolium,

id. E. 5, 37.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.):

crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

patria,

Verg. A. 9, 786:

fama,

id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.:

animi Phoenissa,

Verg. A. 4, 529:

fidei,

Sil. 12, 432:

ausi,

id. 9, 627.— Comp.:

infelicior domi quam militiae,

Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.:

femina,

Quint. 8, 5, 21. —

B.

Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous:

infelix rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

terra fingenti Prometheo,

Prop. 3, 5, 7:

thalamus,

Verg. A. 6, 521:

balteus,

id. ib. 12, 941:

vates,

prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246:

erga plebem studium,

Liv. 3, 56, 9:

opera,

Quint. 10, 1, 7:

sollicitudo,

id. 12, 10, 77:

paupertas,

Juv. 3, 152 al. — Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately:

fit mihi obviam infeliciter,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36:

tentata res,

Liv. 1, 45, 3:

totiens temptata arma,

id. 2, 35, 8.— Comp.:

infelicius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.