unambitious Copy link Outline 1. usu. expr. by neg. as, minime ambitiosus2. inambĭtiōsus (rare)3. inglōrius4. hŭmĭlis5. quiētus6. sōbrius7. obscūrus8. mŏdestus • unambitious: 1. usu. expr. by neg. as, minime ambitiosus: Cic. Fam. 13, 1: non ambitione adductus: ib.: v. ambitious. 2. inambĭtiōsus (rare): Ov. Met. 11, 765. 3. inglōrius: Virg. Georg. 2, 486. 4. hŭmĭlis: an u. speech, h. oratio, Cic. Or. 57, 192: homo h., id. Att. 9, 7, A. 5. quiētus: to pass an u. life, quietam vitam traducere, id. Sen. 23, 82. 6. sōbrius: Hor. Od. 2, 10, 8. 7. obscūrus: id. Ep. 1, 18, 94. 8. mŏdestus: Cic. Att. 13, 29. Phr.: to be u., gloriam non sequi: v. Cic. Fam. 10, 26: haud ad immortalitatem gloriae niti, id. Sen. 23, 82: vitam silentio transire, Sall. Cat. 1: honores non petere, Nep. Att. 6: v. unassuming.
UNAMBITIOUS Copy link • UNAMBITIOUSNot ambitious, minime ambitiosus (e.g., homo, Cic.): *laudis or gloriae non cupidus (non avidus, non appetens): qui laudis studio non trahitur: qui cupiditate gloriae non ducitur (after Quint.). ☞ inambitiosus (unpretending, †; e.g., rura, Ov.). Unpretending, inambitiosus (†). Vid. UNPRETENDING, UNAFFECTED.