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).
INSIPID Copy link • INSIPIDPROPR.; with reference to taste; nihil sapiens (having no taste, tasteless; ☞ insipidus only very late): non conditus (unseasoned, not made palateable by seasoning; ☞ not inconditus): voluptate carens (affording no pleasure or enjoyment). To be insipid, nihil sapere; sapore carere; voluptate carere. Wanting raciness, etc., insulsus: inficetus (having no poignancy of wit, spirit, etc.): absurdus (that does not ring, as it were; gives no sound). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ineptus et absurdus: *qui nullum habet succum neque sanguinem (after succus ille et sanguis... oratorum fuit, Cic., Brut., 9, 36; habeat tamen succum aliquem oportet, etc.).