decolor

dē-cŏlor, ōris ( acc. plur. heterocl. decoloros, Prud. steph. 1, 113), adj., deprived of it's natural color, discolored, defaced, faded, etc. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose): decolorem sanguinem omnem exsorbuit, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 8 (transl. from Sophoc. Trach. 1058: ek de chlôron haima mou Pepôken êdê):

Indus,

swarthy, Prop. 4, 3, 10; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24;

and India,

id. M. 4, 21;

so heres, (sc. Aethiope genitus),

Juv. 6, 600:

decolor fuligine,

id. 7, 226:

decolor sanguine,

stained, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 42; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 410:

ara,

id. Pont. 3, 2, 54:

seges,

Luc. 7, 851:

uniones,

Plin. 9, 35, 57, § 116:

resina,

id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—

Poet., of abstract subjects: deterior ac decolor aetas (i. e. the brazen and iron age, in comparison with the golden), depraved, degenerate, * Verg. A. 8, 326:

fama,

Ov. H. 9, 4.

(adj.) pale, without color

dētĕrĭor, ius, adj. comp. ( sup. deterrimus, a um) [from an obs. adj. deter, from de, down; hence, lower, inferior, worse], worse, poorer, meaner (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: malus, injustus, improbus; pravus, nequam, corruptus, perversus; and the compp. pejor, etc.).

Of inanimate things: seges, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

ruina rem non fecit deteriorem, haud scio an jam fructuosiorem,

Cic. Att. 14, 11 fin.: so, vectigalia, * Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4:

muraena carne,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 44:

deterior ac decolor aetas,

Verg. A. 8, 326:

forma,

Lucr. 4, 1275:

mores,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 9:

via,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 54 et saep.:

video meliora proboque, Deteriora sequor,

Ov. M. 7, 21:

cuncta aucta in deterius,

Tac. A. 2, 82; 3, 10; id. H. 3, 13 al.— Sup.:

genus reipublicae ex bono in deterrimum conversum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 26; so,

genus,

id. ib. 1, 42:

finis,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

causa belli,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 107:

color,

Verg. G. 3, 82:

cogitare optima simul et deterrima,

Quint. 12, 1, 4 et saep.—

Of persons:

quo deteriores anteponantur bonis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 39;

opp. melior,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19; Quint. 2, 4, 21 al.;

opp. optimus,

Liv. 39, 27;

opp. strenuior,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 10:

vidi ego nequam homines, verum te neminem deteriorem,

id. Bac. 5, 2, 61 et saep.:

peditatu erat deterior,

weaker, Nep. Eum. 3 fin.:

infideli deterior,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 8.— Sup.:

homo deterrime et impudentissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16; id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81.— dēterius, adv., worse, less:

de male Graecis Latine scripta deterius,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

nequi deterius huic sit quam quoi pessumest,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 80: valeo, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14:

olet herba,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19:

spe nostra si placeant,

id. S. 1, 10, 90.

flaccus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.], flabby, hanging down.

Lit.:

auriculae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4.—

Transf., of persons, flap-eared:

ecquos deos paetulos esse arbitramur? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones, quae sunt in nobis?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Flaccus, i, m., a Roman surname; cf.:

aures homini tantum immobiles: ab iis Flaccorum cognomina,

Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; esp. freq. in the gens Valeria, Cornelia, and Horatia;

e. g. si quid in Flacco viri est, i. e. in Q. Horatio,

Hor. Epod. 15, 12.—

Transf., the writings of Horace:

stabunt pueri, cum totus decolor esset Flaccus,

Juv. 7, 227.—

Deriv.: Flaccĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaccus, Flaccian:

area,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.

flaccus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.], flabby, hanging down.

Lit.:

auriculae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4.—

Transf., of persons, flap-eared:

ecquos deos paetulos esse arbitramur? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones, quae sunt in nobis?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Flaccus, i, m., a Roman surname; cf.:

aures homini tantum immobiles: ab iis Flaccorum cognomina,

Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; esp. freq. in the gens Valeria, Cornelia, and Horatia;

e. g. si quid in Flacco viri est, i. e. in Q. Horatio,

Hor. Epod. 15, 12.—

Transf., the writings of Horace:

stabunt pueri, cum totus decolor esset Flaccus,

Juv. 7, 227.—

Deriv.: Flaccĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaccus, Flaccian:

area,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.