sordĭdē

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sordĭdus, a, um, adj. [sordeo], dirty, unclean, foul, filthy, squalid, sordid (class.).

Lit. (syn.: squalidus, obscenus): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):

amictus,

Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.:

sordidior toga,

Mart. 1, 104, 5:

mappa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8:

lana,

Ov. A. A. 3, 222:

fumus,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

at pol nitent, haud sordidae videntur ambae,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

servolicolae,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 55:

nati,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.:

magnos duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos,

id. ib. 2, 1, 22:

puer sordidissimus dentibus,

Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.:

sordido in loco sedere,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in mourning, Cic. Mur. 40, 86.— Poet.:

Auctumnus calcatis sordidus uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897;

Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis,

sooty, dingy, Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, wisdom is often hid under a ragged cloak, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—

Transf., low, base, mean, as to birth, rank, or condition; poor, humble, small, paltry (syn.:

illiberalis, infimus): causam commisisse homini egenti, sordido, sine honore, sme censu,

Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.— Sup.:

sordidissimus quisque,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

familiae sordidissima pars,

Petr. 132, 3; cf.:

loco non humili solum sed etiam sordido ortus,

Liv. 22, 25, 18:

a sordidis initiis ad summa crevere,

Just. 2, 6, 2:

sordidum et obscurum Macedonum nomen,

id. 6, 9, 7:

genus alicujus,

id. 22, 1, 1:

panis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5:

villula,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf.

tecta,

Luc. 4, 396:

sedes,

id. 5, 9:

lar villae,

Mart. 12, 57, 2:

rura (with humiles casae),

Verg. E. 2, 28:

aratra,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414;

hence also, otia, i. e. ruris,

Mart. 1, 56, 4 —

Trop., low, mean, base, abject, vile, despicable, disgraceful (syn. turpis).

In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

multo homo sordidissimus,

id. Scaur. 2, § 23:

homo furiosus ac sordidus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

nec minus laetabor, cum te semper sordidum, quam si paulisper sordidatum viderem,

id. Pis. 41, 99:

illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur... Sordidi etiam putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, quod statim vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, etc.... mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

lucrum,

Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:

qui (oratores) ne sordidiores quidem (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas),

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

virtus repulsae nescia sordidae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 17:

adulterium,

Liv. 1, 58:

nomen,

Quint. 8, 3, 21:

verba,

id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10:

multa,

id. 2, 12, 7:

omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere autem miserum et periculosum sit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.:

qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment,

id. Lael. 17, 63.—

In partic., mean, niggardly, penurious, sordid (cf. parcus):

ita sordidus, ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. sumptuosus):

perjurium,

Phaedr. 4, 19, 23:

cupido,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 supra.—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.

Lit., dirtily, foully:

per plateas tractus est sordidissime,

through the deepest mire, Lampr. Heliog. 33 med. —

Transf., meanly, basely:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8.—

Trop.

Vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly:

loquitur laute et minime sordide,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

contionari,

id. Att. 15, 2, 2:

declamare (opp. splendide atque ornate),

Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—

Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly:

nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse, se dimidium ejus ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

facere aliquid (opp. largissime),

Suet. Dom. 9:

gerere proconsulatum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.

ăd-orno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to prepare a thing for some definite object, to get ready, to furnish, provide, fit out, equip, kosmeô.

In gen. (class.;

esp. freq. in Plaut. and Cic.): quin tu mihi adornas ad fugam viaticum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 9:

nuptias,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 67; so also id. Aul. 2, 1, 35:

fugam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 6 (cf.:

fugam aut furtum parat,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14):

maria classibus et praesidiis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

forum comitiumque adornatum, ad speciem magnifico ornatu, ad sensum cogitationemque acerbo et lugubri,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 22:

ut accusationem et petitionem consulatus adornet atque instruat,

prepare, id. Mur. 22, 46:

testium copiam,

to produce, id. Clu. 6:

invenire et adornare comparationem criminis,

id. ib. 67:

contra haec Pompeius naves magnas onerarias adornabat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

omni opulentiā insignium armorum bellum adornaverant,

Liv. 10, 38.—Anteclass. constr. with inf.:

tragulam in te inicere adornat,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 25.—And absol.:

adorna, ut rem divinam faciam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 2; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 34.—

To put an ornament upon one; hence, to decorate, adorn, embellish with something (mostly in the Aug. per.; esp. in the histt.): aliquem aliqua re:

(Numa) flaminem insigni veste et curuli regiā sellā adornavit,

Liv. 1, 20:

triumphum,

Vell. 2, 122; so Suet. Aug. 29; id. Tib. 43; id. Calig. 45; id. Ner. 12; 38: [p. 45] Curt. 3, 3, 13; 17 al.— Trop.:

tantis adornatus virtutibus,

Vell. 2, 2:

praecipuis donis,

id. 2, 121:

bene facta suis verbis,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

adornata verbis,

Tac. A. 1, 52:

legem leviter (sc. verbis) adornabit, ut justam,

Quint. 7, 1, 47.—Hence, * ădornātē, adv.: declamabat splendide atque adornate, brilliantly and elegantly (opp. circumcise ac sordide), Suet. Rhet. 6.

candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

grātĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gratia], full of favor.

Enjoying favor, in favor, popular, regarded, beloved, agreeable, etc. (class.;

a favorite expression with Cicero, and used mostly of persons): ego Plancium et ipsum gratiosum esse dico et habuisse in petitione multos cupidos sui gratiosos, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 19, 46:

homini honesto, sed non gratiosiori quam Cn. Calidius est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

cum adversario gratiosissimo contendat,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

homines potentes, gratiosi, diserti,

id. Cael. 9, 21; cf.:

splendidi homines et aliis praetoribus gratiosi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37:

Pythius, qui esset ut argentarius apud omnes ordines gratiosus,

id. Off. 3, 14, 58; cf. id. Planc. 18, 44; id. Att. 15, 4, 3:

ut ego doceo gratiosum esse in sua tribu Plancium,

id. Planc. 19, 47; cf.:

sunt quidam homines in suis vicinitatibus et municipiis gratiosi,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24:

is cum et suo splendore et nostra commendatione gratiosissimus in provincia fuit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3.—Of things:

vidi et cognovi, causas apud te rogantium gratiosiores esse quam vultus,

id. Lig. 11, 31:

gratiosa missio,

through favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:

sententia,

Dig. 3, 6, 5; cf.:

Berytensis colonia Augusti beneficiis gratiosa,

favored, ib. 50, 15, 1:

cupressus odore violenta ac ne umbra quidem gratiosa, materie rara,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139.—

That shows favor, obliging, complaisant (very rare):

gratiosi scribae sint in dando et cedendo loco,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290.—Hence, adv.: grātĭōse, out of favor, graciously (postclass. and very rare):

neque sordide neque gratiose,

Dig. 26, 7, 7, § 2.— Comp.:

gratiosius,

Pseudo Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11.

, Pitta sordida sordida

ENG hooded pitta

NLD Muller-pitta, mullerpitta, kappitta

GER Schwarzkopfpitta

FRA breve sordide