Lewis & Short

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in-comptus (incomt-), a, um, adj., unadorned, inelegant, artless, rude (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: incomptis Curium capillis, Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; so Ov. M. 9, 789; cf. caput, Hor. Epod. 5, 16; and: nuda, nudis incompta capillis, Ov. M. 4, 261.
    In Comp.: incomptiore capillo, Suet. Aug. 69: ungues, unpared, untrimmed, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Acad. 3, 7, IV. 2, p. 471 Orell.: apparatus, Tac. G. 14.
  2. II. Trop., of speech: ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnallae inornatae, quas id ipsum deceat: sic haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta delectat, Cic. Or. 23, 78; cf. id. Att. 2, 1, 1: ars, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234: nuda sit et velut incompta oratio, Quint. 8, 6, 41; Liv. 4, 41, 1: coloni versibus incomptis ludunt, Verg. G. 2, 386: (versus), Hor. A. P. 446.
    Adv.: incomptē, roughly, inelegantly (post-class. and very rare): dolantur stipites, Amm. 31, 2: laudare, Stat. S. 5, 5, 34.