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  • 1 inclīnātus

        inclīnātus adj. with comp.    [P. of inclino], inclined, disposed, prone: plebs inclinatior ad Poenos, L.: animus ad pacem inclinatior, L.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus, Ta.—Depressed, sunken: vox, low.—Fig., sunken, fallen, broken, deteriorated: ab excitatā fortunā ad inclinatam: domus, V.: oppida, O.: copiae, N.: acies, Ta.

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  • 2 obscēnē (obscaenē）

       obscēnē (obscaenē） adv. with comp.    [obscenus], immodestly, indecently, obscenely: dici: obscenius excitata.

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  • 3 (spōns, spontis)

       (spōns, spontis) f    [cf. spondeo], free will, accord, impulse, motion.—Only abl sing., usu. with pron poss., of one's own accord, freely, willingly, voluntarily: Suā sponte recte facere, of his own accord, T.: tuā sponte facere, voluntarily: Gallia ipsa suā sponte excitata, of its own motion: transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte, sed rogatum et accersitum a Gallis, Cs.: sponte meā componere curas, V.: Italiam non sponte sequor, of my own will, V.: Sponte properant, O.: equus sponte genua submittens, Cu.: magis popularium quam suā sponte, Cu.— By oneself, without aid, alone: nec suā sponte, sed eorum auxilio: cum oppidani suā sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur, Cs.: iudicium quod Verres suā sponte instituisset, i. e. without precedent: neque id solum meā sponte (prospexi), i. e. by my own foresight.—Of things, with suā, of itself, spontaneously: is autem ardor non alieno impulsu sed suā sponte movetur, etc.: Stellae sponte suā iussaene vagentur et errent, H.: sapientem suā sponte ac per se bonitas et iustitia delectat: ex loco superiore, qui prope suā sponte in hostem inferebat, L.: Te Sponte suā probitas officiumque iuvat, O.—Without suā (poet.): Sponte deae munus promeritumque patet (i. e. sine indice), O.

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  • 4 descisco

    dē-scisco, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n., orig. a publicist's t. t. to free one's self from a connection with any one, to withdraw, leave, revolt from, = sciscendo deficere; and with an indication of the terminus, to desert to, go over to any one (class. prose).
    I.
    Prop.:

    multae longinquiores civitates ab Afranio desciscunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.; so,

    ab aliquo,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 2; Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21; Liv. 6, 36; Nep. Alc. 5, 1; id. Dat. 5, 5; Just. 5, 1 fin. et saep.:

    ad aliquem (opp. a nobis deficere),

    Liv. 31, 7; cf.:

    Praeneste ab Latinis ad Romanos descivit,

    id. 2, 19;

    and simply: ad aliquem,

    id. 26, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 3, 14 al.; cf. pass. impers.:

    quibus invitis descitum ad Samnites erat,

    Liv. 9, 16; and Flor. 3, 5, 6.— Absol.:

    cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

    Liv. 1, 27; 21, 19; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 68; Nep. Tim. 3, 1; id. Ham. 2, 2; Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: Stat. Th. 2, 311 al.—
    II.
    Transf. beyond the political sphere, to depart, deviate, withdraw from a person or thing; to fall off from, be unfaithful to:

    a nobis desciscere quaeres?

    Lucr. 1, 104:

    a se ipse,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

    si Cicero a Demosthene paulum in hac parte descivit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 146:

    cur Zeno ab hac antiqua institutione desciverit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 8; so,

    a pristina causa,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 17 Orell. N. cr.:

    a veritate,

    id. Ac. 2, 15:

    a natura,

    id. Tusc. 3, 2:

    a disciplina,

    Vell. 2, 81:

    a virtute,

    id. 2, 1:

    a consuetudine parentum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4 et saep.:

    a vita,

    to separate, sever one's self, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 (opp. manere in vita).— Pass. impers.:

    praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum,

    Vell. 2, 1.—Stating the terminus, to fall off to, decline to; to degenerate into:

    ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16; cf.:

    ad saevitiam, ad cupiditatem,

    Suet. Dom. 10: in regem (i. e. to degenerate, be transformed), Flor. 4, 3:

    in monstrum,

    id. 4, 11.—
    B.
    Of subjects not personal:

    quis ignorat et eloquentiam et ceteras artes descivisse ab ista vetere gloria,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    (vitis) gracili arvo non desciscit,

    does not degenerate, Col. 3, 2, 13:

    semina,

    id. 3, 10, 18.

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  • 5 excio

    ex-cĭo, īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.:

    excītus,

    Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.;

    also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies,

    Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175):

    exciet,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13:

    excibant,

    Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio;

    and for excita,

    Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).
    I.
    Lit.:

    auxilia e Germania Britanniaque excivit segniter,

    Tac. H. 2, 97:

    consulem ab urbe,

    Liv. 3, 2:

    homines sedibus,

    id. 32, 13:

    sellularii exciti (ad militiam) dicuntur,

    id. 8, 20 init.:

    animas imis sepulcris,

    Verg. E. 8, 98:

    suem latebris,

    Ov. M. 10, 711:

    Urgulaniam domo principis,

    Tac. A. 4, 21:

    quid est quod me excivisti ante aedes?

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 1; so,

    aliquem foras,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 52:

    hostem ad dimicandum acie,

    Liv. 2, 30:

    Volscos ad expugnandam secum Ardeam,

    id. 4, 9, 11:

    auxilia,

    id. 45, 4, 3:

    juventutem Celtiberorum,

    id. 28, 24, 4; cf.:

    in pugnam,

    Luc. 6, 12:

    in arma,

    Stat. Th. 4, 146:

    in proelia,

    Luc. 7, 361:

    principibus coloniae Romam excitis,

    Liv. 3, 4, 5.— Absol.:

    exciente buccina Tritone,

    Suet. Claud. 21 fin. —
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce:

    semina per artus,

    Lucr. 4, 1215:

    lacrimas alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2:

    crepitum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16:

    sonitum pedibus,

    Lucr. 2, 327:

    molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis,

    Verg. A. 5, 790:

    vim morbi,

    Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one:

    sopore,

    Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf.

    also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit,

    Liv. 4, 27, 6:

    somno excitus,

    Sall. J. 72 fin.:

    Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti,

    id. ib. 99, 2:

    inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus,

    Liv. 36, 7:

    excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 51:

    qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias,

    Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7:

    ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat,

    id. ib. 15, 4:

    Evander concursu pastorum, excitus,

    Liv. 1, 7, 9:

    Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant,

    Tac. Agr. 29.— Poet.:

    pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus,

    frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.—
    B.
    To stir up, excite any passion (very rare):

    terrorem,

    Liv. 10, 4; cf.

    tumultum,

    id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.

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  • 6 excito

    excĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excio], to call out or forth, to bring or send out, to wake or rouse up (freq. and class.; cf.: provoco, evoco; irrito, lacesso, invito).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscura umbra, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

    aliquem a portu,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 10:

    aliquem huc foras,

    id. Rud. 1, 5, 2:

    si excitatus fuerit de spectaculis,

    turned out, expelled, Quint. 3, 6, 19:

    dormientes spectatores e somno,

    to wake up, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

    quaeso, ne me e somno excitetis,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 12:

    velut dormitantes eos excitari,

    Quint. 4, 1, 73:

    patre excitato (opp. dormiente),

    id. 4, 2, 72:

    scuto offenso excitatus vigil,

    Liv. 7, 36, 2:

    aliquem ab inferis,

    to summon up, Cic. Font. 12, 26; id. Cat. 2, 10, 20; id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129:

    aliquem a mortuis,

    id. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

    non dubitavit excitare reum consularem,

    to call upon to stand up, to call up, id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

    reos,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 195; Quint. 11, 3, 174; cf. Liv. 9, 8, 3:

    testes,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 47: judicem, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104 et saep.: feras, to rouse or scare up, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

    cervum nemorosis latibulis,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.—Prov.:

    aliis leporem,

    Petr. 1, 31, 7.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, to raise, erect:

    vapores, qui a sole ex aquis excitantur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

    caput altius,

    Cels. 8, 4 med. —
    2.
    In partic., with the accessory notion of making, forming, to raise, erect, build, construct:

    exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius, quam, etc.... nec e lapide excitari amplius,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68:

    turres,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 2; id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    tumulum alicui,

    Suet. Claud. 1:

    aedificium,

    Sen. Ep. 52:

    urbem,

    Flor. 1, 1:

    nova sarmenta cultura excitantur,

    are produced, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    pascua in novalibus,

    Pall. Nov. 13, 3:

    ignem,

    to kindle up, excite, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Lucr. 6, 308:

    incendium,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3:

    invalidas flammas admoto fomite,

    Luc. 8, 776.— Poet. transf.:

    aras,

    Verg. G. 4, 549:

    foculum bucca,

    Juv. 3, 262:

    siser stomachum,

    Plin. 20, 5, 17, § 34:

    uvae os, stomachum,

    id. 23, 1, 7, § 12.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to raise up, comfort; to arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven:

    qui ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscerem,

    erected, established, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

    amici jacentem animum excitare,

    id. Lael. 16, 59; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 16, 8; and:

    animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

    animos omnium ad laetitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:

    aliquem ad laborem et ad laudem,

    Cic. Planc. 24, 59; cf. id. Top. 2, 5:

    languentem labentemque populum ad decus,

    id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3:

    aliquem ad virtutem,

    id. ib. 6, 14, 5:

    aliquem ad audiendum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 34:

    gallos alacritate ad canendum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 et saep.:

    alicujus memoriam alicui excitans,

    reviving, renewing, Cic. Or. 10, 35:

    hominum studia ad utilitates nostras allicere atque excitare,

    id. Off. 2, 6, 20:

    hominum studia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:

    salsum excitat et a taedio defendit orationem,

    enlivens, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    fictiones personarum mire orationem excitant,

    id. 9, 2, 29; cf. id. 6, 1, 2:

    hi soni cum augenda intentione excitandi (opp. temperandi),

    to sharpen, pronounce strongly, id. 11, 3, 42:

    syllabam acutam,

    id. 12, 10, 33. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To appeal to, call upon, cite:

    ut nos ex annalium monimentis testis excitamus eos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

    multos testis liberalitatis tuae,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 47.—
    2.
    With the accessory idea of producing (acc. to I. B. 2.), to found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle:

    priusquam docuero, quibus initiis ac fundamentis hae tantae summis in rebus laudes excitatae sint,

    Cic. Sest. 2, 5; cf. id. Fin. 4, 7, 18:

    in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,

    id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    risus,

    id. Phil. 3, 9, 21:

    plausum,

    id. Sest. 58, 124:

    fletum etiam inimicis,

    id. ib. 57, 121:

    amores,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

    iras,

    Verg. A. 2, 594:

    suspicionem alicui,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 41: varios sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

    quantas tragoedias,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

    vim ac dolorem bonorum omnium,

    id. Planc. 18, 45 et saep. —Hence, excĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (lit. excited, kindled; hence), animated, lively, vigorous, vehement, strong, loud (rare but class.):

    acutus et excitatus sonus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18.— Comp.:

    clamor,

    Liv. 4, 37, 9:

    haec lumina,

    Quint. 12, 10, 49:

    schema,

    id. 9, 3, 10.— Sup.:

    odor,

    Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182. — Adv.: excĭtāte, vigorously, briskly, brightly, vehemently. —In the comp.:

    fulgent gemmae,

    Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106:

    clamitantes,

    Amm. 18, 8.

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  • 7 inclino

    in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].
    I.
    Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 2:

    genua arenis,

    Ov. M. 11, 356:

    (rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

    id. ib. 11, 209:

    inclinato in dextrum capite,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

    inclinata utrolibet cervix,

    id. 1, 11, 9:

    pollice intus inclinato,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

    Mart. 1, 77, 8:

    sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

    Ov. M. 2, 721:

    at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

    i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

    prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

    i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

    inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

    Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

    Quint. 11, 3, 132):

    (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

    bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

    saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

    Juv. 15, 63.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

    ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

    i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

    tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

    id. 7, 33, 7:

    quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

    Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —
    b.
    In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

    septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

    Liv. 26, 45, 8:

    cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

    id. 29, 7, 2.—
    c.
    In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

    jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

    quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

    Juv. 10, 224:

    ipsos maritos,

    id. 9, 26.—
    3.
    Transf., of color, to incline to:

    colore ad aurum inclinato,

    Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

    coloris in luteum inclinati,

    id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—
    4.
    Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

    morbus inclinatus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    febris se inclinat,

    id. ib. al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

    se ad Stoicos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

    culpam in aliquem,

    to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

    quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

    Just. 5, 1 fin.:

    judicem inclinat miseratio,

    moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

    haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

    quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

    Liv. 1, 18, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

    se fortuna inclinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

    omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

    Liv. 33, 18, 1:

    ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

    to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

    eloquentiam,

    Quint. 10, 1, 80.—
    b.
    To throw upon, remove, transfer:

    haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

    Liv. 1, 43, 9:

    omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

    id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

    (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

    Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

    partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

    id. 10, 13, 1.—
    II.
    Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.
    A.
    Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

    paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

    Lucr. 2, 243:

    sol inclinat,

    Juv. 3, 316:

    inclinare meridiem sentis,

    Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

    sol se inclinavit,

    Liv. 9, 32, 6;

    v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

    Curt. 6, 11, 9.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

    ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

    Liv. 7, 33, 7:

    in fugam,

    id. 34, 28 fin.:

    inclinantes jam legiones,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—
    3.
    To change for the worse, turn, fail:

    si fortuna belli inclinet,

    Liv. 3, 61, 5:

    inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

    Tac. A. 15, 21. —
    B.
    Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

    si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

    id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

    ad voluptatem audientium,

    Quint. 2, 10, 10:

    in stirpem regiam studiis,

    Curt. 10, 7, 12:

    amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

    cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

    color ad crocum inclinans,

    Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

    ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

    Liv. 7, 9, 5:

    multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

    id. 27, 46, 7:

    hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

    id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

    inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

    Liv. 32, 13, 5:

    inclinavit sententia universos ire,

    id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

    consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

    Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

    inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

    Tac. H. 1, 81:

    inclinatis ad credendum animis,

    Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

    ad paenitentiam,

    id. ib. 2, 45. —
    2.
    In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

    inclinant jam fata ducum,

    change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Bent down, sunken:

    senectus,

    Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

    vox,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

    inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

    id. ib. 8, 27. —
    B.
    Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

    plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

    Liv. 23, 46, 3:

    plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

    id. 42, 30, 1:

    ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

    id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—
    C.
    Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

    ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

    copiae,

    Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

    rerum inclinata ferre,

    i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.

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  • 8 natura

    nātūra, ae, f. [nascor], birth.
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    naturā tu illi pater es, consiliis ego,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

    naturā pater,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 4.—
    II.
    Transf. (freq. and class.; syn.: indoles, ingenium).
    A.
    The nature, i. e. the natural constitution, property, or quality of a thing:

    quod autem animal est, id motu cietur interiore et suo: nam haec est natura propria animae et vis,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28:

    ipsumque per se sua vi, sua natura, sua sponte laudabile,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 50:

    ab ipsa natura loci,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    quali esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent misit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    loci,

    id. ib. 1, 2: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, according to the nature or natural course of the river, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: insula naturā triquetra, by nature, i. e. in shape, id. ib. 5, 13:

    naturas apibus quas Juppiter ipse Addidit expediam,

    Verg. G. 4, 149.—
    2.
    Of character, nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character:

    cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tuā amicitiā judicabis,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

    prolixa beneficaque,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 8; Liv. 22, 59: mihi benefacere jam ex consuetudine [p. 1190] in naturam vertit, has become natural, Sall. J. 85, 9.—Prov.:

    consuetudo est secunda natura,

    August. adv. Jul. 5, 59 fin.; Macr. S. 7, 9, 7; cf.:

    voluptatem consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24:

    facere sibi naturam alicujus rei,

    to accustom one's self to a thing, Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    desideria naturae satiare,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25.—
    B.
    The nature, course, or order of things:

    quod rerum natura non patitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

    delabi ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,

    id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    naturae satisfacere,

    i. e. to die, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; so,

    naturae concedere,

    Sall. J. 14, 15:—Personified:

    quis vero opifex praeter naturam, quā nihil potest esse callidius, tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? quae primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    frui primis a natura datis,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

    homines rationem habent a naturā datam,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 45:

    et homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse dicemus,

    id. ib. 2, 33, 110:

    quae (membra corporum) ipsa declarant procreandi a naturā habitam esse rationem,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 62:

    omnis natura vult esse conservatrix sui,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 16; 5, 15, 41;

    5, 20, 56: illam partem bene vivendi a natura petebant, eique parendum esse dicebant,

    id. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—
    2.
    Nature, i. e. the world, the universe:

    Cleanthes totius naturae menti atque animo hoc nomen (dei) tribuit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—
    3.
    Nature, i. e. consistency with nature, possibility:

    in rerum naturā fuisse,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 24:

    hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit,

    is a possible case, Quint. 2, 17, 32:

    judicatum est enim, rerum naturam non recipere, ut, etc.,

    that it is not in accordance with nature, not possible, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 13:—
    C.
    An element, thing, substance:

    Aristoteles quin tam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: de naturis autem sic sentiebat;

    primum uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam... non adhiberet, etc.,

    id. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

    natura tenuis aëris,

    Lucr. 2, 232.—
    D.
    The natural parts, organs of generation:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

    quaedam matrona visa est in quiete obsignatam habere naturam,

    id. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4; 2, 7, 8.

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  • 9 obscaenus

    obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

    deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

    Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

    canes,

    id. G. 1, 470:

    obscenum ostentum,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    omen,

    Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

    Troja,

    Cat. 68, 99:

    anus,

    old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

    Verg. A. 7, 417:

    volucres pelagi,

    i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

    262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

    Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

    haustus,

    of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

    cruor,

    Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

    qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

    Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

    syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    adulterium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

    obscenas tabellas pingere,

    Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

    carmina,

    id. 1, 16, 10:

    gestus motusque,

    Tac. A. 15, 37:

    obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

    i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

    jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38:

    quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

    illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    abjectior et obscenior vita,

    Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

    obscenissimi versus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

    Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

    Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

    pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

    Mel. 3, 7:

    obscena,

    Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

    obscena corporis,

    Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

    virile,

    Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

    latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

    obscenius concurrerent litterae,

    id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

    impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

    Eutr. 8, 22.

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  • 10 obscena

    obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

    deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

    Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

    canes,

    id. G. 1, 470:

    obscenum ostentum,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    omen,

    Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

    Troja,

    Cat. 68, 99:

    anus,

    old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

    Verg. A. 7, 417:

    volucres pelagi,

    i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

    262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

    Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

    haustus,

    of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

    cruor,

    Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

    qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

    Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

    syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    adulterium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

    obscenas tabellas pingere,

    Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

    carmina,

    id. 1, 16, 10:

    gestus motusque,

    Tac. A. 15, 37:

    obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

    i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

    jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38:

    quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

    illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    abjectior et obscenior vita,

    Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

    obscenissimi versus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

    Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

    Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

    pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

    Mel. 3, 7:

    obscena,

    Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

    obscena corporis,

    Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

    virile,

    Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

    latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

    obscenius concurrerent litterae,

    id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

    impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

    Eutr. 8, 22.

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  • 11 obscenum

    obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

    deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

    Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

    canes,

    id. G. 1, 470:

    obscenum ostentum,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    omen,

    Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

    Troja,

    Cat. 68, 99:

    anus,

    old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

    Verg. A. 7, 417:

    volucres pelagi,

    i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

    262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

    Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

    haustus,

    of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

    cruor,

    Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

    qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

    Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

    syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    adulterium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

    obscenas tabellas pingere,

    Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

    carmina,

    id. 1, 16, 10:

    gestus motusque,

    Tac. A. 15, 37:

    obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

    i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

    jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38:

    quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

    illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    abjectior et obscenior vita,

    Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

    obscenissimi versus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

    Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

    Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

    pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

    Mel. 3, 7:

    obscena,

    Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

    obscena corporis,

    Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

    virile,

    Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

    latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

    obscenius concurrerent litterae,

    id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

    impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

    Eutr. 8, 22.

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  • 12 obscenus

    obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

    deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

    Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

    canes,

    id. G. 1, 470:

    obscenum ostentum,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    omen,

    Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

    Troja,

    Cat. 68, 99:

    anus,

    old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

    Verg. A. 7, 417:

    volucres pelagi,

    i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

    262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

    Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

    haustus,

    of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

    cruor,

    Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

    qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

    Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

    syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    adulterium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

    obscenas tabellas pingere,

    Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

    carmina,

    id. 1, 16, 10:

    gestus motusque,

    Tac. A. 15, 37:

    obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

    i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

    jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38:

    quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

    illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    abjectior et obscenior vita,

    Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

    obscenissimi versus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

    Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

    Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

    pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

    Mel. 3, 7:

    obscena,

    Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

    obscena corporis,

    Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

    virile,

    Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

    latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

    obscenius concurrerent litterae,

    id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

    impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

    Eutr. 8, 22.

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  • 13 obscoenus

    obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

    deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

    Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

    canes,

    id. G. 1, 470:

    obscenum ostentum,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    omen,

    Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

    Troja,

    Cat. 68, 99:

    anus,

    old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

    Verg. A. 7, 417:

    volucres pelagi,

    i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

    262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

    Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

    haustus,

    of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

    cruor,

    Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

    qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

    Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

    syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    adulterium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

    obscenas tabellas pingere,

    Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

    carmina,

    id. 1, 16, 10:

    gestus motusque,

    Tac. A. 15, 37:

    obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

    i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

    jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

    si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38:

    quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

    illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    abjectior et obscenior vita,

    Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

    obscenissimi versus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

    Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

    Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

    pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

    Mel. 3, 7:

    obscena,

    Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

    obscena corporis,

    Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

    virile,

    Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

    latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

    cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

    obscenius concurrerent litterae,

    id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

    impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

    Eutr. 8, 22.

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