inclŭtus and inclĭtus (not inclytus; the first syll. accented acc. to Cic. Or. 48, 159), a, um, adj. [in-clueo; cf. the Gr. κλυτός, from κλύω, much heard of, talked of, praised; hence], celebrated, renowned, famous, illustrious, glorious (syn.: nobilis, clarus; anteclass. and mostly poet.; not in Cæs. nor used by Cic.).
- A. Of persons: hic occasus datu’st: at Horatius inclutu’ saltu … , Enn. ap. Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164 Vahl.): Jovi opulento, incluto, supremo, etc., Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1: inclute Memmi, Lucr. 5, 8; cf. 3, 10: Ulixes, Hor. S. 2, 3, 197: vos quae in munditiis aetatulam agitis, … inclutae amicae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 41: dux inclutissimus, Col. 1, 4, 2: vates, Amm. 14, 1, 8: Saguntini, fide atque aerumnis incluti, Sall. H. 2, 21; Val. Max. 8, 2, 1; cf.: familiae maxime inclitae, Liv. 1, 7, 12.
- B. Of things: augusto augurio postquam inclita condita Roma’st, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.): fanum Liberi, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 14 Müll. (Trag. v. 170 Vahl.): moenia Dardanidum bello, Verg. A. 2, 241: disciplina Lycurgi, Liv. 39, 36, 4: inclutissima claritudo, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19: judicium, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114 (Trag. v. 92 Vahl.): justitia religioque Numae Pompilii, Liv. 1, 18, 1: maxime inclitum in terris oraculum, id. 1, 56, 5: inclitus magnitudine Atho mons, id. 44, 11, 3: gloria Palamedis famā, Verg. A. 2, 82: Sagaris fluvius ex inclutis, Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4: Aristotele ductore incluto omnium philosophorum, Just. 12, 16, 18.
Poet. with gen.: incluta leti Lucretia, Sil. 13, 821.
Comp. and adv. do not occur.