Filthiness

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foedĭtas, ātis, f. [1. foedus], foulness, filthiness, horridness, hideousness, ugliness, deformity (class.).

Physically:

multae beluae insectantes odoris intolerabili foeditate depellunt,

stench, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127:

foeditas, qua Sulla obiit,

Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114:

foeditates cicatricum,

id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

Hipponacti notabilis foeditas vultus erat,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

cujus scelere in hac vestitus foeditate fuerimus (viz. in a military cloak),

Cic. Phil. 12, 6, 12:

avertere omnes a tanta foeditate spectaculi (i. e. Mettii quadrigis discerpti) oculos,

Liv. 1, 28, 11:

Alpium,

id. 21, 58 fin. —

Mentally:

si turpitudo in deformitate corporis habet aliquid offensionis, quanta illa depravatio et foeditas turpificati animi debet videri?

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

foeditate sua turpitudo ipsa deterret,

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38; Quint. 8, 6, 15:

prima barbarismi ac soloecismi foeditas absit,

id. 1, 5, 4; 12, 10, 76.

sĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of sino.

sĭtus, ūs, m. [sino].

(Sino, 1. situs, A.; prop. a being laid or placed, a lying; hence, by meton.)

The manner of lying, the situation, local position, site of a thing (class. in sing. and plur.; mostly of localities; syn. positus).

Sing.:

terrae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

urbem Syracusas elegerat, cujus hic situs esse dicitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

loci,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; Caes. B. G. 7, 68; 7, 36; Liv. 9, 24, 2:

locorum,

Curt. 3, 4, 11; 7, 6, 12:

Messana, quae situ moenibus portuque ornata est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3; cf.:

urbes naturali situ inexpugnabiles,

Liv. 5, 6; Curt. 3, 4, 2:

agri (with forma),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Africae,

Sall. J. 17, 1:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 57; id. B. C. 3, 66:

montis,

Curt. 8, 10, 3:

loca naturae situ invia,

id. 7, 4, 4;

opp. opus: turrem et situ et opere multum editum,

id. 3, 1, 7; 8, 10, 23; cf. Front. Strat. 3, 2, 1:

figura situsque membrorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 61, 153; cf.:

passeres a rhombis situ tantum corporum differunt,

Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72:

Aquilonis,

towards the north, id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.— Poet.: exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, i. e. the structure (prop. the manner of construction), Hor. C. 3, 30, 2 (cf. the Part. situs, in Tac., = conditus, built; v. sino, P. a. A. 2. c.).—

Plur.:

opportunissimi situs urbibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; so,

oppidorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

terrarum,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

locorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83: situs partium corporis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

revocare situs (foliorum),

position, arrangement, Verg. A. 3, 451. —

Transf. (= regio), a quarter of the world, region (Plinian):

a meridiano situ ad septentriones,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; 2, 47, 48, § 127; 3, 12, 17, § 108; cf. Sill. ad Plin. 16, § 2.— Plur.:

(pantherae) repleturae illos situs,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 7.—

Soil (late Lat.):

quae loca pingui situ et cultu,

Amm. 24, 5, 3.—

Description (late Lat.):

cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus plene,

Amm. 29, 5, 18.—

Lit.

Rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt, etc., that a thing acquires from lying too long in one place (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: squalor, sordes): corrumpor situ,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 23; cf.:

quae in usu sunt et manum cottidie tactumque patiuntur, numquam periculum situs adeunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2:

tristia duri Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs,

Tib. 1, 10, 50:

arma squalere situ ac rubigine,

Quint. 10, 1, 30:

immundo pallida mitra situ,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70:

ne aut supellex vestisve condita situ dilabatur,

Col. 12, 3, 5:

per loca senta situ,

Verg. A. 6, 462:

araneosus situs,

Cat. 23, 3:

immundus,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 52; id. Tr. 3, 10, 70:

detergere situm ferro,

Sil. 7, 534:

deterso situ,

Plin. Pan. 50:

prata situ vetustatis obducta,

Col. 2, 18, 2. —

Filthiness of the body: genas situ liventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Com. Rel. p. 225 Rib.:

situm inter oris et barba, etc.): en ego victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 452; Ov. M. 7, 290; 7, 303; 8, 802; Luc. 6, 516; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33.—

Trop.

Neglect, idleness, absence of use:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14:

et segnem patiere situ durescere campum,

Verg. G. 1, 72; Col. 2, 2, 6:

gladius usu splendescit, situ rubiginat,

App. Flor. 3, p. 351, 32. —

Of the mind, a rusting, moulding, a wasting away, dulness, inactivity:

senectus victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 440:

marcescere otio situque civitatem,

Liv. 33, 45 fin.:

situ obsitae justitia, aequitas,

Vell. 2, 126, 2:

quae (mens) in hujusmodi secretis languescit et quendam velut in opaco situm ducit,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. 12, 5, 2:

ne pereant turpi pectora nostra situ,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2:

depellere situm curis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 34:

flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ (carmina),

i. e. oblivion, Prop. 1, 7, 18:

(verba) priscis memorata Catonibus Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118; cf.:

verborum situs,

Sen. Ep. 58, 3:

nec umquam passure situm,

Stat. Th. 3, 100:

passus est leges istas situ atque senio emori,

Gell. 20, 1, 10.

squālor, ōris, m. [Sanscr. kālas, black; Gr. kelainos, kêlis].

In gen., stiffness, roughness:

quaecumque (res) aspera constat, Non aliquo sine materiae squalore reperta est (opp. lēvor),

Lucr. 2, 425.—

In partic., stiffness from dirt, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: sordes, illuvies).

Lit.

In gen.:

immundas fortunas aequum est squalorem sequi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 115:

squaloris plenus ac pulveris (opp. unguentis oblitus),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31:

obsita erat squalore vestis,

Liv. 2, 23, 3:

illuvie, squalore enecti,

id. 21, 40, 9:

ignavis et imbellibus manet squalor (corresp. to crinem barbamque submittere),

Tac. G. 31:

senex macie et squalore confectus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5:

vitis squalore deciso,

Plin. 34, [p. 1749] 14, 39, §

138: squalore situque posito,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 43.—

Esp., of places:

locorum squalor et solitudines inviae militem terrebant,

desolation, Curt. 5, 6, 13; cf.:

silva squalore tenebrarum horrenda,

Amm. 17, 1, 8.—

So esp. freq. of filthy garments, as a sign of mourning:

decesserat ex Asiā frater meus magno squalore, sed multo majore maerore,

Cic. Sest. 31, 68:

aspicite, judices, squalorem sordesque sociorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 128; so (with sordes and luctus) id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Att. 3, 10, 2; Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2; Liv. 29, 16, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 33;

with maestitia,

Tac. H. 1, 54.—

Trop.:

deterso rudis saeculi squalore,

i. e. in language, Quint. 2, 5, 23:

Gallus, ex squalore nimio miseriarum, ad principale culmen provectus,

i. e. from the very lowest rank, Amm. 14, 1, 1.