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1 indīgnitās
indīgnitās ātis, f [indignus], unworthiness, vileness, shamefulness: propter indignitatem repudiatus: rei, Cs.—Unworthy conduct, insult, indignity, outrage, baseness: Omnīs indignitates perferre, Cs.: inpensius iis indignitas crescere, si, etc., L.—Indignation, resentment: tacita: indignitate angere animum, L.* * *vileness, baseness, shamelessness; indignity, humiliation -
2 dēfōrmitās
dēfōrmitās ātis, f [deformis], ugliness, deformity, hideousness: insignis ad deformitatem puer: in tantā deformitate, L. — Fig., baseness, vileness, turpitude: animi: fugae: ludicra, i. e. the disgrace of appearing on the stage, Ta.* * *ugliness, deformity, blemish, disfigurement; disrepair; disgrace, degradation; inelegance, impropriety, lack of good taste (speach/writing); shapelessness -
3 dēgenerātum
dēgenerātum ī, n [P. of degenero], baseness, degeneracy: in aliis, L. -
4 foeditās
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5 humilitās
humilitās ātis, f [humilis], lowness, small stature, depression: (navium), Cs.: arborum, S.: quantā humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens.—Fig., lowness, meanness, insignificance: obicere humilitatem alcui, L.: ex humilitate suā, Cs.: generis, S.— Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness: habet humilitatem metus; opp. adrogantia, Cs.: causam dicentium, L.* * *insignificance/unimportance/degradation/debasement/humiliation; commonplaceness; lowness (position/rank); shortness; humbleness; submissiveness; humility (Bee) -
6 (sordēs, is)
(sordēs, is) sing. only acc. and abl., and sordēs, ium (as plur. tantum), f dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor: in sordibus aurium inhaerescere: Auriculae contectā sorde dolentes, H.—Soiled clothing as a mourning garb, mourning: iacere in lacrimis et sordibus: insignis sordibus turba, L.—Fig., lowness, meanness of rank, low condition, humiliation, vileness, baseness: fortunae et vitae: emergere ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus: in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus.—Of persons, the dregs of the people, rabble: urbis: o lutum, sordes! vile creature!—Meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness: amare sordes et inhumanitatem: sordes obicere mihi, H.: cogit minimas ediscere sordes, the meanest tricks, Iu.: nullam (huius) in re familiari sordem posse proferri. -
7 turpitūdō
turpitūdō inis, f [turpis], unsightliness, repulsiveness, foulness, deformity: an est ullum maius malum turpitudine?—Fig., baseness, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude: ut nulla turpitudo ab accusatore obiceretur: turpitudinem delere ac tollere: vitandae turpitudinis causā: cum summā turpitudine aetatem agere, S.: ut turpitudinem fugae virtute delerent, Cs.: turpitudinum societas, fellowship in vile practices: qui est gurges turpitudinum omnium.* * *ugliness/deformity; shame/indecency; nakedness/genitals; disgrace; turpitude -
8 sordes
filth, dirt, uncleanness, squalor; meanness, stinginess; humiliation, baseness -
9 deformitas
I.Lit. (physically):II.quae si in deformitate corporis habet aliquid offensionis, quanta illa depravatio et foeditas animi debet videri?
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; cf. of mutilation, Amm. 14, 7, 16:in tanta deformitate,
hideousness, Liv. 2, 23; Quint. 2, 13, 12 al.:aedificiorum,
Suet. Ner. 38.—Trop. (morally), baseness, vileness, deformity of character:B.an corporis pravitates habebunt aliquid offensionis, animi deformitas non habebit?
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51; id. Att. 9, 10, 2; id. de Or. 1, 34, 156; Sen. Ben. 1, 10, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 12; 8, 3, 48.— Plur.:verba meretricum vitia atque deformitates significantia,
Gell. 3, 3, 6 et saep.—An uncouth style:rusticitas et rigor et deformitas adferunt frigus,
Quint. 6, 1, 37. -
10 humilitas
I.Lit.:II.naves omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat (shortly before: naves paulo facit humiliores),
Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:arborum,
Sall. J. 49, 5:aliorum animalium ea est humilitas, ut cibum terrestrem rostris facile contingant,
low stature, Cic. N. D. 2 47, 122:sidera multum inter se aut altitudine aut humilitate distantia,
id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:quanta humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens,
id. Div. 2, 43, 91.—Trop.A.Of rank, birth, or influence, lowness, meanness, insignificance: malorum turba quaedam, paupertas, ignobilitas, humilitas, solitudo, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:B.propter humilitatem et obscuritatem,
id. Off. 2, 13, 45:humilitatem cum dignitate contendere,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:alicujus despicere,
id. Phil. 13, 10, 23:obicere humilitatem alicui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:ex humilitate sua,
Caes. B. G. 5, 25:infima natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:generis,
Sall. J. 73, 4:generis ac nominis,
Suet. Vesp. 4:obliterata quoque scrutabimur, nec deterrebit quarundam rerum humilitas,
Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 7.—Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness:2.habet levitatem laetitia gestiens, humilitatem metus,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:et dejecto (capite) humilitas et supino arrogantia ostenditur,
Quint. 11, 3, 69; so,opp. arrogantia,
Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 5:saepe virtus et magnificentia plus proficit ad misericordiam commovendam quam humilitas et obsecratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 56, 109:summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:asinorum,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180.— -
11 indignitas
I.In gen.:II.si quid affert praeterea hominis aut dignitas aut indignitas,
Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 63:nemo propter indignitatem repudiatus est,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:summa,
id. Vat. 6, 15:accusatoris (as of a slave),
id. Deiot. 1, 2.— Of things, enormity, heinousness:infamia atque indignitas rei,
Caes. B. G. 7, 56; so,rei,
Cic. Mur. 25, 51:calamitatis,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123.—In partic.A.Unworthy or unbecoming behavior, insulting treatment, indignity, meanness, baseness:B.alicujus adeundi et conveniendi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 14, 2:omnes indignitates contumeliasque perferre,
Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:indignitatibus compulsus,
Liv. 42, 52, 1:rei, foedissimae per se, adjecta indignitas est,
id. 5, 48, 9; 1, 59, 3. —Indignation, in consequence of unworthy treatment:tacita esse poterit indignitas nostra?
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:indignitas atque ex ea ira animos cepit,
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12 sordes
sordes, is (abl. sordi, Lucr. 6, 1271; usu. sorde), f. [sordeo], dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense, and in plur.; syn.: situs, squalor, caenum, illuvies).I.Lit.(α).Plur.:(β).pleni sordium,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 104 sq.:in sordibus aurium inhaerescere,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:sint sine sordibus ungues,
Ov. A. A. 1, 519:caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 7; Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191.—Sing.:B.etiam in medio oculo paulum sordi'st,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 102:auriculae collectā sorde dolentes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 53:(pellis) Ulceribus tetris prope jam sordique sepultā,
Lucr. 6, 1271.—Transf., plur., a mourning garment (because usu. soiled or dirty); and hence, mourning in gen. (syn. squalor):II.jacere in lacrimis et sordibus,
Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2; cf.:in sordibus, lamentis, luctuque jacuisti,
id. Pis. 36, 89:mater squalore hujus et sordibus laetatur,
id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86:sordes lugubres vobis erant jucundae,
id. Dom. 23, 59; Liv. 6, 16 fin.; Quint. 6, 1, 33; Suet. Vit. 8:suscipere sordes,
Tac. A. 4, 52; id. Or. 12; Val. Max. 7, 8, 7.—Trop., lowness or meanness of rank, a low condition; meanness, baseness of behavior or disposition (syn. illiberalitas).A.In gen.:2.sordes fortunae et vitae,
Cic. Brut. 62, 224:obscuritas et sordes tuae,
id. Vatin. 5, 11; id. Sest. 28, 60:ut quisque sordidissimus videbitur, ita libentissime severitate judicandi sordes suas eluet,
id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:nulla nota, nullus color, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis allini posse,
id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus,
id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Liv. 4, 56:sordes illae verborum,
low, vulgar expressions, Tac. Or. 21:propter maternas sordes,
low origin, Just. 13, 2, 11:pristinarum sordium oblitus,
id. 25, 1, 9; cf. id. 18, 7, 11.—Concr., the dregs of the people, the mob, rabble (syn. faex):B. (α).apud sordem urbis et faecem,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11; so (with caenum) Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 3:sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium,
Tac. H. 1, 84.—Hence, as a term of abuse:o lutum, o sordes!
low-minded creature, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—Plur.:(β).(populus Romanus) non amat profusas epulas, sordes et inhumanitatem multo minus,
Cic. Mur. 36, 76; so (opp. luxuria) Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 7:damnatus sordium,
id. ib. 2, 12, 4:incusare alicujus sordes,
Quint. 6, 3, 74:sordes obicere alicui,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 and 107:sepulcrum sine sordibus exstrue,
id. ib. 2, 5, 105:cogit minimas ediscere sordes,
the meanest tricks, Juv. 14 124; 1, 140.—Sing.:nullum hujus in privatis rebus factum avarum, nullam in re familiari sordem posse proferri,
Cic. Fl. 3, 7; so (with avaritia) Tac. H. 1, 52; 1, 60:extremae avaritiae et sordis infimae infamis,
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13 tenebra
tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,
Lucr. 2, 56:tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,
id. 6, 491:cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:tetrae tenebrae et caligo,
id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,
Sall. C. 55, 4:ipsis noctis tenebris,
Quint. 10, 6, 1:obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,
Verg. G. 1, 248:neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,
Ov. M. 2, 395:tacitae,
Sen. Med. 114. —In partic.1.The darkness of night, night:2.redire luce, non tenebris,
Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,
Liv. 31, 23, 4:somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,
Mart. 10, 47, 11:tenebris,
during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:tenebris obortis,
Nep. Eum. 9, 5:per tenebras,
Luc. 2, 686:(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,
Ov. M. 7, 703:effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,
id. ib. 2, 144.—The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:3.tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):4.juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,
Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,
Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—Blindness ( poet. and very rare):C.occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,
Lucr. 3, 415:tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,
Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.1.A dark bathing-place:2.Grylli,
Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—A prison, dungeon:3.clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,
Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —Lurking-places, haunts:4. 5.emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,
Cic. Sest. 9, 20:demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,
Cat. 55, 2.—The infernal regions:II.tenebrae malae Orci,
Cat. 3, 13:infernae,
Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:Stygiae,
Verg. G. 3, 551:quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?
Ov. M. 15, 154.—Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,
id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,
Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:tenebras dispulit calumniae,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,
obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,
id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,
id. Dom. 10, 24:ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,
id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,
id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,
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14 tenebrae
tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,
Lucr. 2, 56:tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,
id. 6, 491:cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:tetrae tenebrae et caligo,
id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,
Sall. C. 55, 4:ipsis noctis tenebris,
Quint. 10, 6, 1:obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,
Verg. G. 1, 248:neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,
Ov. M. 2, 395:tacitae,
Sen. Med. 114. —In partic.1.The darkness of night, night:2.redire luce, non tenebris,
Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,
Liv. 31, 23, 4:somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,
Mart. 10, 47, 11:tenebris,
during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:tenebris obortis,
Nep. Eum. 9, 5:per tenebras,
Luc. 2, 686:(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,
Ov. M. 7, 703:effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,
id. ib. 2, 144.—The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:3.tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):4.juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,
Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,
Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—Blindness ( poet. and very rare):C.occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,
Lucr. 3, 415:tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,
Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.1.A dark bathing-place:2.Grylli,
Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—A prison, dungeon:3.clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,
Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —Lurking-places, haunts:4. 5.emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,
Cic. Sest. 9, 20:demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,
Cat. 55, 2.—The infernal regions:II.tenebrae malae Orci,
Cat. 3, 13:infernae,
Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:Stygiae,
Verg. G. 3, 551:quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?
Ov. M. 15, 154.—Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,
id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,
Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:tenebras dispulit calumniae,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,
obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,
id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,
id. Dom. 10, 24:ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,
id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,
id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91. -
15 turpido
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16 turpitudo
I.Lit. (very rare):II.an est ullum malum majus turpitudine?
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:virtutis laude turpitudinem tegere,
App. Mag. p. 283, 9.—Trop., baseness, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude (syn.:obscenitas, dedecus): ut nullum probrum, nullum facinus, nulla turpitudo ab accusatore obiceretur,
Cic. Font. 16, 37:quanta erit turpitudo, quantum dedecus, quanta labes,
id. Phil. 7, 5, 15:turpitudinem atque infamiam delere ac tollere,
id. Verr. 1, 16, 49; id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:si omnia fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis causā faciemus,
id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.:fuga turpitudinis, appetentia laudis et honestatis,
id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:(divitiis) abuti per turpitudinem,
Sall. C. 13, 2:cum summā turpitudine in exsilio aetatem agere,
id. ib. 58, 12:populo turpitudinem et impudentiam exprobrare,
Suet. Aug. 42:verborum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:ut turpitudinem fugae virtute delerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27:generis,
Quint. 3, 7, 19:pristinae vitae,
Gell. 18, 3, 3.— Plur.:propter flagitiorum ac turpitudinum societatem,
fellowship in vile practices, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107; v. also turpido. -
17 vilitas
I.Lit.:II.tanta repente vilitas annonae ex caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est, etc.,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:vilitas in vendendis (fructibus),
id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summā caritate fuerit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 93, §216: ad denarios senos vilitas rediit,
Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47:offerre aliquid vilitati,
to offer for sale at a low price, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 34.—Transf.A.Trifling value of a thing, meanness, baseness, worthlessness, vileness (post-Aug.):B.verborum,
Petr. 118:nominum,
Plin. 20, praef. § 1: si humiles producet, vilitatem;potentes, gratiam oportebit incessere,
Quint. 5, 7, 23:morum,
App. Flor. 1, p. 344, 30.—Subject., low esteem, disregard, slighting, contempt:vilitas sui,
Sen. Clem. 1, 3, 4; id. Ep. 121, 24; Curt. 5, 9, 6.
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baseness — noun a) The quality or condition of being base. b) The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value. Syn: amorality, crass, depravity Ant: honor … Wiktionary
baseness — Synonyms and related words: abjectness, abominability, abominableness, arrantness, atrociousness, awfulness, badness, beastliness, beggarliness, bestiality, brutality, chicanery, coarseness, commonness, commonplaceness, contemptibility,… … Moby Thesaurus
baseness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. meanness, debasement, degeneracy; see evil 1 , meanness 1 , rudeness … English dictionary for students
baseness — base·ness || beɪsnɪs n. lowness, meanness, ignobility … English contemporary dictionary
baseness — n. 1. Meanness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness. 2. Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude, villany, perfidy … New dictionary of synonyms
