inexperienced Copy link Outline 1. impĕrītus (with gen. or absol.)2. rŭdis, e (untrained3. ignārus (with gen.)4. ĭnexpertus (not having experienced)5. tīro, ōnis, m. (strictly, a raw recruit)6. nŏvellus (rare and poet.) • inexperienced: 1. impĕrītus (with gen. or absol.): a man i. in the ways of the world, homo imp. morum, Cic. R. Am. 49, 143: i. in war, belli imp., Nep. Epam. 7: i. persons, i. homines, [rerum omnium rudes ignarique], Cic. Fl. 7, 16. 2. rŭdis, e (untrained: with gen. or in and abl.): i. in war, r. rei militaris, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2; r. agminum, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 9: i. in human life, in communi vita r., Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 248: Prop.: less freq. with ad and acc.: i. in childbirth, r. ad partus, Ov. Her. 11, 48. In late writers absol.: i. years (youth), r. anni, Tac. Ann. 13, 16, extr.: Quint. 3. ignārus (with gen.): v. ignorant (I.). 4. ĭnexpertus (not having experienced): an army i. and unaccustomed to prosperity, exercitus bonis inex. atque insuetus, Liv. 23, 18: Tac. 5. tīro, ōnis, m. (strictly, a raw recruit): Join: tiro, peregrinus, hospes in aliqua re, Cic. de Or. 1, 50, extr. 6. nŏvellus (rare and poet.): i. hand, n. manus, Ov. Pont. 4, 12, 24.