insulsus

insulsus, a, um, adj. [2. in-salsus], unsalted, insipid.

I.

Lit.:

amurcā insulsā perfundunt sulcos,

Col. 2, 9:

gula,

that longs for tasteless things, Cic. Att. 13, 31, 4. — Comp.:

cibus insulsior,

Hier. Ep. 22, 40.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Bungling, awkward:

Tyndaris illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra laevaque tenebat,

Juv. 6, 658.—

B.

Tasteless, insipid, silly, absurd:

non insulsum huic ingeniumst,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 79:

est etiam in verbo positum non insulsum genus (ridiculi),

Cic. de Or. 2, 64:

multa (in sermone) nec illitterata, nec insulsa esse videntur,

id. Fam. 9, 16:

adulescens,

id. Cael. 29:

acuti, nec insulsi hominis sententia,

id. Tusc. 1, 8.— Sup.:

insulsissimus homo,

Cat. 17, 12.—As subst.: insulsae, ārum, f. (sc mulieres), silly creatures, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2. — Adv.: insulsē, tastelessly, insipidly, foolishly, absurdly:

aliquid facere,

Cic. Att. 15, 4:

insulse, arroganter dicere,

id. ib. 5, 10:

non insulse interpretari,

not amiss, not badly, id. de Or. 2, 54.— Comp.:

nihil potest dici insulsius,

Gell. 16, 12.— Sup.:

haec etiam addit insulsissime,

Gell. 12, 2, 6.