unworthy Copy link Outline 1. indignus (in good and bad sense, unbecoming, undeserved)2. immĕrĭtus3. ăliēnus4. vīlis, e • unworthy: 1. indignus (in good and bad sense, unbecoming, undeserved): constr. abs. with abl., or qui with subj.; Livy only uses ut with subj.; the poets use the inf.: cf. L. G. § 320 and 480: any one, however u., may have riches. divitias quivis, quamvis i., habere potest, Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: were u. to gain their request, i. erant qui impetrarent, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: deeds u. of our race, indigna genere nostro, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44: we were u. of being redeemed by you, i. ut a vobis redimeremur, Liv. 22, 59: thighs u. of being hurt, i. laedi crura, Ov. Met. 1, 508. 2. immĕrĭtus: u. to die, i. mori, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 21 (v. undeserving): u. praises, laudes i., Liv. 4, 13. fin. (v. undeserved): why does my punishment drag down the u.? immeritos cur mea poena trahit? Ov. Trist. 1, 2, 58: v. innocent. 3. ăliēnus: u. of a wise man, a. a sapiente, Cic. Acad. 2, 43, 132: Ter.: u. of that high character which every one gives me, a. ejus dignitatis quam mihi quisque tribuit, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11: u. of my character, a. existimatione mea, id. Att. 6, 1. 4. vīlis, e: v. worthless: u. treatment or behaviour, indignitas. Caes. B. G. 2, 4: Liv. Phr.: to do nothing u. of a philosopher, nihil a dignitate sapientis discedere, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 67.