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a monster of depravity

  • 1 portendo

    portendo, di, tum, 3 ( inf. pres. portendier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 4), v. a. [an archaic collat. form in relig. lang. of protendo, to stretch forth], to point out, indicate (future events, misfortunes, etc.), to foretell, predict, presage, portend (cf.:

    ostendo, monstro): ea (auspicia) illis exeuntibus in aciem portendisse deos,

    Liv. 30, 32, 9; cf.:

    di immortales mihi sacrificanti... laeta omnia prosperaque portendere,

    id. 31, 7 fin.:

    magnitudinem imperii portendens prodigium,

    id. 1, 55: populo commutationem rerum portendit fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

    triginta annos Cyrum regnaturum esse portendi,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

    quod portentum regni ruinam portendebat, of an earthquake,

    Just. 17, 1, 3.— Pass., to be indicated (by a sign), to threaten, impend.
    (α).
    Usually of bad fortune, loss, injury, etc.:

    nobis periculum magnum portenditur,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 27:

    haruspices dudum dicebant mihi, malum damnumque maximum portendier,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 4; cf.:

    malum quod in quiete tibi portentum est,

    id. Curc. 2, 2, 22:

    quod in extis nostris portentum est,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 35.—
    (β).
    Of good fortune, etc.:

    salvos sum: libertas portenditur,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 38:

    quid spei Latinis portendi?

    Liv. 1, 50. —Hence, portentum, i, n., a sign, token, omen, portent (syn.: ostentum, prodigium).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. Fest. p. 245 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

    nam si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est, sapientem esse portentum est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61: portentum inusitatum conflatum est recens, Poët. ap. Gell. 15, 4:

    alii portenta atque prodigia nunciabant,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    ne quaere profecto, Quem casum portenta ferant,

    Verg. A. 8, 533.—Of miracles, Vulg. Heb. 2, 4; id. Deut. 34, 11; cf. id. Marc. 13, 22.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A monster, monstrosity:

    cetera de genere hoc quae sunt portenta perempta,

    Lucr. 5, 37; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

    quale portentum neque militaris Daunias latis alit aesculetis Nec, etc.,

    id. C. 1, 22, 13:

    quae virgineo portenta sub inguine latrant,

    i. e. the dogs of Scylla, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 23:

    praeter naturam hominum pecudumque portentis,

    monstrous births, monsters, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf.: bovem quendam putari deum, multaque alia portenta apud eosdem, id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.— Trop., in a moral sense, a monster of depravity:

    P. Clodius, fatale portentum prodigiumque rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 4, 9:

    Gabinius et Piso, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,

    id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

    qualia demens Aegyptus portenta colat,

    Juv. 15, 2.—
    B.
    A marvellous or extravagant fiction, a strange tale, a wonderful story:

    cetera de genere hoc monstra et portenta locuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 590:

    poëtarum et pictorum portenta,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:

    portentum atque monstrum certissimum est, esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā, qui tantum immanitate bestias vicerit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

    portenta atque praestigias scribere,

    Gell. 10, 12, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > portendo

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