insipid Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. expr. by săpio, īvi and ĭi, 32. expr. by săpĭdus, suāvis, and a negative3. insulsus (lit. unsalted4. ēlūtus (washed out hence tasteless)5. insĭpĭdus (late and rare)6. gustu hĕbes, ĕtisII. Fig. of that which lacks interest and point1. frīgĭdus2. insulsus3. nullum habens succum neque sanguinem, R. and A. (based on Cic. Br. 9, 36). • insipid: I. Lit.: 1. expr. by săpio, īvi and ĭi, 3: (even) the turbot and the venison are i., nil rhombus, nil dama sapit, Juv. 11, 121. 2. expr. by săpĭdus, suāvis, and a negative: i. meat, *caro parum (minime) sapida s. suavis: v. savoury, nice. 3. insulsus (lit. unsalted: oftener in fig. sense): i. food, ins. cibus, Hier.: cf. Cic. Att. 13, 31, ins. gula, i. e. a taste for insipid things: Col. 4. ēlūtus (washed out hence tasteless): nothing more i. than watered green-stuff, nil elutius horto irriguo, Hor. S. 2, 4., 16. 5. insĭpĭdus (late and rare): Firm. 6. gustu hĕbes, ĕtis: Col. 3, 2, post med. Phr. i. fare, voluptate carentes cibi, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12. II. Fig. of that which lacks interest and point: 1. frīgĭdus: v. flat (II.). Join: tam frigidus, tam jejunus, Cic. Caec. 21, 61. 2. insulsus: v. dull (VI.). 3. nullum habens succum neque sanguinem, R. and A. (based on Cic. Br. 9, 36).