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  • 1 offendo

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 2 offensum

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 3 odiōsus

        odiōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [odium], hateful, odious, vexatious, offensive, unpleasant: haec aetas adulescentulis, T.: motūs odiosiores: odiosissima natio, Ph.: homines notos sumere odiosum est.— Plur n. as subst: huc odiosa adferebantur, annoying tales.
    * * *
    odiosa -um, odiosior -or -us, odiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    distasteful. disagreeable, offensive; tiresome, boring, troublesome, annoying

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  • 4 offēnsus

        offēnsus adj. with comp.    [P. of offendo], offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: animus: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer: sibi offensior.—Offensive, odious: ordo senatorius: cui (populo) nos.—As subst n., the offence.
    * * *
    I
    offensa -um, offensior -or -us, offensissimus -a -um ADJ
    offensive, odious
    II
    collision, knock

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  • 5 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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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 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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  • 9 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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  • 10 virus

    vīrus, i, n. [Sanscr. visham; Gr. ios, poison], a slimy liquid, slime.
    I.
    In gen., of animals and plants, Verg. G. 3, 281; Col. 2, 14, 3; Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89; 30, 6, 15, § 45; Stat. S. 1, 4, 104.—Of animal sperm or semen, Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157.—
    II.
    In partic., in a bad sense.
    A.
    A poisonous liquid, poison, venom, virus (syn. venenum).
    1.
    Lit., Cic. Arat. 432; Verg. G. 1, 129; 3, 419; Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 64; Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160:

    amatorium,

    id. 8, 22, 34, § 83.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    evomere virus acerbitatis suae,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

    futile virus linguae,

    Sil. 11, 560:

    mentis,

    id. 9, 476; Mart. 13, 2, 8.—
    B.
    An offensive odor, stench, Lucr. 2, 853; Col. 1, 5, 6; Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277; 27, 12, 83, § 107; 35, 15, 52, § 185:

    odoris,

    an offensive pungency, id. 28, 3, 6, § 31; 28, 7, 23, § 79.—
    C.
    A sharp, saline taste; of sea-water, Lucr. 2, 476; 5, 269; 6, 635.—Of wine, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124.

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  • 11 gravis

        gravis e, adj. with comp. gravior, and sup. gravissimus    [2 GAR-], heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome, loaded, laden, burdened: gravi onere armorum oppressi, Cs.: corpus: Ipse gravis graviter Concidit, V.: bullae aureae: navigia, Cs.: agmen, L.: gravius dorso subiit onus, H.: robur aratri, V.: tellus, V.: naves spoliis graves, L.: aere dextra, V.: imbre nubes, L.—After the as was reduced in weight: aes grave, heavy money, money of the old standard (a full pound in each as), L. — With young, pregnant: sacerdos Marte, V.: uterus, O.—Of sound, deep, grave, low, bass: sonus, H.: gravissimus sonus: sonus auditur gravior, V.: fragor, O.—Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive: hircus in alis, rank, H.: ellebori, V.: odor caeni, V.: sentina, Iu.— Burdening, oppressive, serious, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe, sick: cibus: cantantibus umbra, V.: anni tempore gravissimo, season: autumnus in Apuliā, Cs.: virus, H.: tempus, weather, L.: graviore tempore anni acto, season, L.: morbo gravis, sick, V.: aetate et viribus gravior, L.: vino, O.: spiritus gemitu, difficult, V.: oculi, heavy, V.—Fig., hard to bear, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant: paupertas, T.: labores: gravissima hiemps, Cs.: volnus: numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse: Appia (via) tardis, H.: miserior graviorque fortuna, Cs.: Principum amicitiae, oppressive, H.: si tibi grave non erit, a trouble: in Caesarem contiones, hostile, Cs.: verbum gravius: ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, Cs.: gravius est verberari quam necari, S.: edictum, L.: graviora (pericula), more serious, V.: quo inprovisus gravior accederet, more formidable, S.: adversarius imperi.—As subst n.: O passi graviora, greater hardships, V.—Of things, strong, weighty, important, grave, influential: inperium gravius, T.: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt: gravissima caerimonia, most solemn, Cs.: nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.: exemplum, H.: gravissima civitas.—Of character, of weight, of authority, eminent, venerable, great: animus natu gravior, T.: auctoritate graviores: omnes gravioris aetatis, more settled, Cs.: homo, sober: gravis Entellum dictis castigat (i. e. graviter), V.
    * * *
    grave, gravior -or -us, gravissimus -a -um ADJ
    heavy; painful; important; serious; pregnant; grave, oppressive, burdensome

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  • 12 obscēnus

        obscēnus (obscaen-, not obscoenus), adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SAV-], of adverse omen, ill-omened, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous: volucres, of ill-omen, V.: animalium fetūs, monstrous, L.: omen: puppis, fatal ship, O.: anūs, H.—Repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy: frons, V.: volucres pelagi, i. e. the harpies, V.—Immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene: adulterium, O.: id dicere obscenum est: illud Antipatri paulo obscenius: obscenissimi versūs.—As subst m., a lewd person, Iu.—As subst n., sing. and plur, the private parts, O.
    * * *
    I
    obscena -um, obscenior -or -us, obscenissimus -a -um ADJ
    repulsive, detestable; foul; indecent, obscene, lewd; (sexual/excretory things); inauspicious/unpropitious; ill-omened/boding ill; filthy, polluted, disgusting
    II
    sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person

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  • 13 odium

        odium ī, n    [1 OD-], hatred, grudge, ill-will, animosity, enmity, aversion: veritas odium parit, T.: odium (est) ira inveterata: in odium populi R. inruere, incur the hatred: eorum odium subire: magnum odium Pompei suscepistis: inperatoribus odia conligere, Cs.: struere, excite: exercere, O.: placare, appease: quod mihi odium cum Clodio fuit? what quarrel had I?: tanto in odio est omnibus, is so hated by: tanto odio ferebatur in Ciceronem, was so imbittered against, N.: in Romanos odii regnum posuerat praemium, had offered as a prize for hostility, L.: urbis odium me percipit, T.: ardens odio vestri: odium ieiunum, on an empty stomach, Iu.—An object of hatred, offence, aversion, nuisance: Antonius, insigne odium omnium: qui amat quoi odio ipsus est, one who hates him, T.: odi odioque sum Romanis, I hate and am hated by, L.: tibi est odio mea fistula, V.—Discontent, dissatisfaction, disgust: odio suarum rerum mutari omnia student, S.: Cui placet alterius sua est odio sors, H.—Offensive conduct, odious language, importunity, insolence, vexatiousness: odio et strepitu senatūs coactus est perorare: Tundendo atque odio, by insolent importunity, T.: cum tuo istoc odio, with that hateful conduct of yours, T.: odio vincere Regem, in insolence, H.
    * * *
    hate/hatred/dislike/antipathy; odiun, unpopularity; bredom/impatience; haterd (manifestion by/towards group); object of hate/odium

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  • 14 offendō

        offendō fendī, fēnsus, ere    [ob+fendo], to hit, thrust, strike, dash against: latus vehementer: caput, L.: offenso pede, having stumbled, O.: in scopulis offendit puppis, strikes on, O.: in redeundo, run aground, Cs.: solido, bite a stone, H.—To hit upon, light upon, come upon, meet with, find, catch: te hic, Enn. ap. C.: imparatum te, come upon you unawares: nondum perfectum templum: omnia aliter ac iusserat offendit.—Fig., to suffer damage, receive an injury: qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat: in causis.—To stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault, offend, be offensive: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit: apud honestos homines, give offence to: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod, etc., N.—To find fault, be displeased, take offence: si in me aliquid offendistis.—To fail, miscarry, be defeated, suffer misfortune, be unfortunate: apud iudices, lose his cause: primo accessu ad Africam, i. e. met with disaster, L.: si aliquid esset offensum: quo (casu) in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset, a disaster might occur, Cs.—To trespass upon, shock, offend, vex, displease, repel, disgust: Divitiaci animum, Cs.: tuas aurīs: neminem umquam non re, non verbo offendit: hi sermones tuam existimationem non offendunt, injure: si non offenderet unum Quemque limae labor, H.: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, provoke, Iu.: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus, was hurt: fidis offendi medicis, H.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), am not offended at the loss of, Ph.
    * * *
    offendere, offendi, offensus V
    offend, hurt (feelings)

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  • 15 pūtidus

        pūtidus adj. with comp.    [2 PV-], rotten, decaying, stinking, fetid: caro.—Of persons, rotten, withered: longo saeculo, H.: Putidius cerebrum, more addled, H.—Of style, affected, disgusting.
    * * *
    putida, putidum ADJ
    rotten, stinking, unpleasant; offensive; tiresomely affected; pedantic

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  • 16 sanguinolentus

        sanguinolentus adj.    [sanguis], full of blood, bloody: pectora, O.: Allia... Volneribus Latiis, O.— Blood-red: color, O.—Fig., sanguinary, offensive: Littera, O.
    * * *
    sanguinolenta, sanguinolentum ADJ
    bloody; bloodred; blood-stained

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  • 17 scurrīlitās

        scurrīlitās ātis, f    [scurrilis], buffoonery, scurrility: insulsa, Ta.
    * * *
    buffoonery; quality of a scurra, untimely/offensive humor

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  • 18 taeter (tēter)

        taeter (tēter) tra, trum, adj.    with comp. taetrior and sup. taeterrimus, offensive, repulsive, foul, noisome, shocking, loathsome: belua: odor ex multitu <*>ine cadaverum, Cs.: odor Aproni taeterrimus oris: cruor, V.: Spiritus, H.: loca: mulier taeterrima voltu, Iu.—As subst n., offensiveness: taetri aliquid habere.—Horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, base, abominable: tam taeter tyrannus: omni diritate atque inmanitate taeterrimus: quis taetrior hostis huic civitati: in eum taeterrimus: legatio: prodigia, L.: nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia: taeterrimum bellum.

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  • 19 tēlum

        tēlum ī, n    [TEC-], a missile weapon, missile, dart, spear, shaft, javelin: arma atque tela, S.: coniectio telorum: si telum manu fugit, magis quam iecit: nubes levium telorum, L.: turbida Tempestas telorum, V.: telum ex loco superiore mittere, Cs.: omni genere missilium telorum volnerari, L.: tela Direxit arcu, H.: In medios telum torsisti Achivos, V.: volatile, O.— An offensive weapon, sword, dagger, poniard, axe: ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit: securim in caput deiecit; relictoque in volnere telo, etc., L.: strictis telis, O.: clavae tela erant, Cu.: cum telo esse, i. e. to be armed: positum rubigine telum, my sheathed sword, H.: Frontis, i. e. a horn, O.: corpore tela exit, i. e. avoids the blows of the caestus, V.: arbitrium est in sua tela Iovi, i. e. the thunderbolts, O.—Fig., a weapon, shaft, dart: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare benevolentiam civium: necessitas, quae maximum telum est, L.: tela fortunae: linguae tela subire tuae, O.
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    dart, spear; weapon, javelin

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  • 20 trīstis

        trīstis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 TER-], sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, disconsolate: quaerere ex te, quid tristis esses: tristis, demissus: tristīs adfatus amicos, H.: Sequanos tristīs, capite demisso, terram intueri, Cs.: tristis erat et me maestum videbat, Cu.— Gloomy, peevish, morose, sullen, illhumored: Navita (Charon), V.: dii, H.— Stern, harsh, severe: iudex: cum tristibus severe vivere. —Of things, bringing sorrow, melancholy, saddening, unhappy, sad, dismal, gloomy: ut tuum laetissimum diem cum tristissimo meo conferam: tristia ad recordationem exempla, L.: tristissuma exta: tristissimi exsili solacium, L.: Kalendae, H.: clades, H.: morbus, V.: ius sepulcri, O.: pars subiere feretro, Triste ministerium, V.: tristique palus inamabilis undā, V.—As subst n., a sad thing, pest, bane, sorrow: Triste lupus stabulis, V.: interdum miscentur tristia laetis, O.: nune ego mitibus Mutare quaero tristia, H.—Of taste, harsh, disagreeable, bitter: suci, V.: absinthia, O.—Of smell, offensive, foul: anhelitus oris, O.— Expressing sorrow, gloomy, sad, melancholy, stern, harsh: voltus tristior: Tristis severitas inest in voltu, T.: vita tristior: sermo (opp. iocosus), H.: tua tristia iussa, V.: sententia, O.: responsum, L.
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    tristis, triste ADJ
    sad, sorrowful; gloomy

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