caenum Aug

lābes, is (abl. labi for labe, Lucr. 5, 930), f. [1. lābor], a fall, falling down, sinking in.

Lit. (rare but class.):

dare labem,

Lucr. 2, 1145:

motus terrae Rhodum... gravi ruinarum labe concussit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

tantos terrae motus in Italia factos esse, ut multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desederint,

subsidences of the earth, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:

labes agri,

id. ib. 1, 43, 97:

terrae,

Liv. 42, 15; so absol.:

si labes facta sit, omnemque fructum tulerit,

Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 2:

labes imbris e caelo,

Arn. 5, 185.—

Transf.

A fall, stroke, ruin, destruction:

hinc mihi prima mali labes,

the first blow of misfortune, Verg. A. 2, 97:

haec prima mali labes, hoc initium impendentis ruinae fuit,

Just. 17, 1, 5: metuo legionibu' labem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Ann. v. 283 Vahl.):

quanta pernis pestis veniet, quanta labes larido,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 3:

innocentiae labes ac ruina,

Cic. Fl. 10, 24:

labes in tabella,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

regnorum labes,

Val. Fl. 5, 237.—

Meton., ruin, destruction; of a dangerous person, one who causes ruin:

(Verres) labes atque pernicies provinciae Siciliae,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 2: labes popli, Plant. Pers. 3, 3, 4.—Of a bad law:

labes atque eluvies civitatis,

Cic. Dom. 20, 53.—

In partic., the falling sickness, epilepsy, Ser. Samm. 57, 1018.—

Hence, in gen.,

disease, sickness, Grat. Cyneg. 468.

lābes, is, f. [Gr. lôbê, lôbeuô; cf. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 372]. a spot, blot, stain, blemish, defect.

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235:

sine labe toga,

Ov. A. A. 1, 514:

purum et sine labe salinum,

Pers. 3, 25:

victima labe carens,

Ov. M. 15, 130:

aliqua corporis labe insignis,

Suet. Aug. 38: item quae (virgo) lingua debili sensuve aurium deminuta, aliave qua corporis labe insignita sit, Gell. 1, 12, 3.—

Trop., a stain, blot, stigma, disgrace, discredit: labes macula in vestimento dicitur, et deinde metaphorikôs transfertur in homines vituperatione dignos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll. (freq. and class.):

animi labes nec diuturnitate evanescere, nec amnibus ullis elui potest,

Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

saeculi labes atque macula,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

labem alicujus dignitati aspergere,

a stain, disgrace, id. Vatin. 6, 15:

labem alicui inferre,

id. Cael. 18, 42:

famae non sine labe meae,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 20:

domus sine labe,

Juv. 14, 69:

vita sine labe peracta,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 49:

abolere labem prioris ignominiae,

Tac. H. 3, 24:

donec longa dies... concretam eximit labem, purumque relinquit sensum,

Verg. A. 6, 746. —Of an immoral custom:

dedit hanc contagio labem,

Juv. 2, 78.— Plur.:

conscientiae labes habere,

Cic. Off. 3, 21, 85:

peccatorum labibus inquinati,

Lact. 4, 26; id. Ira Dei, 19.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a disgrace, i. e. a good-for-nothing fellow, a wretch:

habeo quem opponam labi illi atque caeno,

Cic. Sest. 8, 20:

caenum illud ac labes,

id. ib. 11, 26.

ĭn-āresco, ārui, 3, v. inch. n., to become dry in any place, to dry up, become quite dry (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

in sole,

Plin. 26, 8.40, § 66;

for which: caenum illitum sole,

id. 31, 6, 32, § 61:

opus,

Vitr. 7, 3:

medicamenta,

Cels. 5, 17 fin.:

fructus ante maturitatem,

Col. 4, 24, 3:

germina multa cum inaruere,

Plin. 27, 11, 71, § 95:

nihil facilius quam lacrimas inarescere,

Quint. 6, 1, 27.—

Trop., to dry up, become exhausted:

ne (liberalitas) nimia profusione inarescat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 4.

ĭn-ēluctābĭlis, e, adj., from which one cannot extricate one ' s self, unavoidable, inevitable ( poet. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

caenum,

Stat. Th. 9, 502.—

Trop.:

tempus,

Verg. A. 2, 324:

fatum,

id. ib. 8, 334; Vell. 2, 57 fin.

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.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

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.—

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.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

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.

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.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

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.—

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.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

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.

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.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

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.—

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.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

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.

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.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

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.—

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.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

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.

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.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

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.—

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.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

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.