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dē-formis, e ( abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. [forma; cf. 2. deformo].

Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.:

taeter, foedus, turpis—freq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

deformem esse natum,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.:

calvitio quoque deformis,

Suet. Dom. 18;

and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),

Gell. 5, 11, 11:

opus non deforme,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5:

nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf.

patria,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

solum patriae belli malis,

Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8:

agmen (sc. inerme),

Liv. 9, 6:

turba,

id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35:

spectaculum,

Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf.

aspectus (opp. species honesta),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

motus statusve,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.:

oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,

Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15:

blanditiae,

id. 8, 3, 65:

convicia,

id. 6, 4, 10:

libido,

id. 8, 6, 40:

haesitatio,

id. 11, 2, 48:

obsequium,

servile, Tac. A. 4, 20:

aegrimonia,

Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.:

deforme et servile est caedi discentes,

Quint. 1, 3, 14;

so with a subject-clause,

id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.— N. plur. as subst.:

deformia meditari,

shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—

with gen.:

deformis leti,

Sil. 1, 166.— Adv. (post-Aug.): dēformĭ-ter.

Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—

Inelegantly; disgracefully:

sonat junctura,

Quint. 8, 3, 45:

dicet multa,

id. 11, 1, 82:

vivo,

Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —

Shapeless:

animae,

Ov. M. 2, 554.

fētĭdus ( faet-, foet-), a, um, adj. [feteo].

Prop., that has an ill smell, stinking, fetid:

anima fetida,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13; cf.:

cum isto ore fetido teterrimam nobis popinam inhalasses,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

corpus,

Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 33.— Comp.:

dejectiones,

Cels. 3, 2.—

Fig., foul, disgusting: libido, Prud. steph. 2, 245.—Of heresy ( sup.):

fetidissimus fons,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 11 fin.

fastīdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. [fastidium], to feel disgust, loathing, or nausea, to shrink or flinch from any thing unpleasant to the taste, smell, hearing, etc.; to loathe, dislike, despise (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: taedet, reprobo, reicio, respuo, repudio).

Lit.

Neutr.:

bi bendum hercle hoc est, ne nega: quid hic fastidis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; cf.:

fastidientis stomachi est multa degustare,

Sen. Ep. 2:

majus infundam tibi Fastidienti poculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 78:

ut fastidis!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 58.—

Act. (perh. not till the Aug. per.):

num esuriens fastidis omnia praeter Pavonem rhombumque?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 115:

olus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 15:

pulmentarium,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 23:

cactos in cibis,

Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

fluvialem lupum,

Col. 8, 16, 4: vinum, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59:

euphorbiae sucus fastidiendum odorem habet,

disgusting, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 79:

aures... redundantia ac nimia fastidiunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.—

Trop., of mental aversion, to be disdainful, scornful, haughty; to disdain, despise, scorn.

Neutr.:

ut fastidit gloriosus!

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 34:

vide ut fastidit simia!

id. Most. 4, 2, 4:

in recte factis saepe fastidiunt,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—

With gen. (like taedet):

fastidit mei,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 67; so, mei, Titin. ap. Non. 496, 15:

bonorum,

Lucil. ib. 18.—

Act. (perh. not before the Aug. per.).

With acc.:

(populus) nisi quae terris semota suisque Temporibus defuncta videt, fastidit et odit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 22:

vilice silvarum et agelli, Quem tu fastidis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

lacus et rivos apertos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

vitium amici,

id. S. 1, 3, 44:

preces alicujus,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

hoc lucrum,

Quint. 1, 1, 18:

grammatices elementa tamquam parva,

id. 1, 4, 6:

minores,

Mart. 3, 31, 5:

omnes duces post Alexandrum,

Just. 14, 2:

dominationibus aliis fastiditus (i. e. a prioribus principibus despectus),

Tac. A. 13, 1:

ut quae dicendo refutare non possumus, quasi fastidiendo calcemus,

Quint. 5, 13, 22:

oluscula,

Juv. 11, 80.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects: te cum fastidierit popina dives, etc.,

Mart. 5, 44, 10: somnus agrestium Lenis virorum non humiles domos Fastidit umbrosamve ripam, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23.—In the part. perf.:

laudatus abunde, Non fastiditus si tibi, lector, ero,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 31; cf.:

aliquem non fastiditis annumerare viris,

id. ib. 2, 120:

vetulus bos, ab ingrato jam fastiditus aratro,

Juv. 10, 270.—In the neutr. absol.: res ardua vetustis novitatem dare... fastiditis gratiam, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 15.—In the part. fut. pass. with supine:

quia (verba) dictu fastidienda sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

With an object-clause:

a me fastidit amari,

Ov. R. Am. 305:

jocorum legere fastidis genus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 2; Petr. 127:

fastidit praestare hanc inferioribus curam,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

fastidit balsamum alibi nasci,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135:

an creditis, aequo animo iis servire, quorum reges esse fastidiant?

Curt. 4, 14, 16 et saep.:

ne fastidieris nos in sacerdotum numerum accipere,

Liv. 10, 8, 7:

plebs coepit fastidire, munus vulgatum a civibus isse in socios,

id. 2, 41, 4; Quint. 5, 11, 39.—Hence,

Adv.: fastīdĭenter, disdainfully, scornfully:

parentibus fastidienter appellatis,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 11.—

Part.: fastīdītus, a, um, in act. signif., disdaining, despising (post-Aug.):

ne me putes studia fastiditum,

Petr. 48.

fastīdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [fastidium], full of disgust or aversion.

Pass., that feels disgust, squeamish, disdainful, scornful, fastidious (class.).

Lit.:

vaccae fastidiosae fiunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15:

aurium sensus fastidiosissimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

quod ille fastidiosus est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 18. —

Trop.:

quamvis fastidiosus aedilis est,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42:

in superiores contumax, in aequos et pares fastidiosus, in inferiores crudelis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:

ex hac infinita licentia haec summa cogitur, ut ita fastidiosae, mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:

Antonius facilis in causis recipiendis erat, fastidiosior Crassus,

Cic. Brut. 57, 207.— With gen.:

C. Memmius perfectus Iitteris, sed Graecis: fastidiosus sane Latinarum,

id. ib. 70, 247:

dominus terrae Fastidiosus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:

aestimator,

i. e. that rates altogether too high, Sen. Ben. 1, 11:

fastidiosissimum mancipium,

i. e. excessively haughty, proud, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

est res difficilis, ardua, fastidiosa,

id. ib. 6, 17, 5.—

Act., that creates disgust, disgusting, loathsome, disagreeable (very rare;

not in Cic.): fastidiosam desere copiam,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 9:

fastidiosā tristis aegrimoniā,

id. Epod. 17, 73. —Hence, fastīdĭōse, adv., squeamishly, scornfully, disdainfully, fastidiously (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. very rare): huic ego jam stomachans fastidiose, Immo ex Sicilia, inquam,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65:

spectare,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:

diligenter et prope fastidiose judicare,

id. ib. 1, 26, 118:

lente ac fastidiose probare,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

recipior in coetum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 23:

venditare aliquid,

Petr. 13.— Comp.:

fastidiosius ad hoc genus sermonis accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364.

fētĭdus ( faet-, foet-), a, um, adj. [feteo].

Prop., that has an ill smell, stinking, fetid:

anima fetida,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13; cf.:

cum isto ore fetido teterrimam nobis popinam inhalasses,

Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

corpus,

Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 33.— Comp.:

dejectiones,

Cels. 3, 2.—

Fig., foul, disgusting: libido, Prud. steph. 2, 245.—Of heresy ( sup.):

fetidissimus fons,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 11 fin.

impŭdīcus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpudicus].

Shameless, impudent ( = impudens;

very rare): o facinus impudicum!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; cf.

1, 2, 27: crura defringentur, ni istum inpudicum percies,

id. As. 2, 4, 69.—

Unchaste, immodest, lewd (the predom. signif. of the word): Pa. Quod id est facinus? Sc. Inpudicum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 11:

quam tu inpudicam esse arbitrere,

id. Am. 3, 2, 24:

me inpudicam facere,

i. e. to rob of chastity, id. ib. 2, 2, 202:

omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

intolerabile est servire impuro, impudico, effeminato,

id. Phil. 3, 5, 12:

et consul et impudicissimus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 70:

mulieres,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

osculando impudicior,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 51.—

Transf.:

digitus,

i. e. the middle finger, Mart. 6, 70, 5:

si fur veneris, impudicus ibis,

violated, Auct. Priap. 60:

odor impudicus urcei,

disgusting, filthy, Mart. 12, 32, 16. — Adv.: impŭdīcē, unchastely, Tert. Idol. 2:

impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

Eutr. 8, 22.

impŭdīcus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpudicus].

Shameless, impudent ( = impudens;

very rare): o facinus impudicum!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; cf.

1, 2, 27: crura defringentur, ni istum inpudicum percies,

id. As. 2, 4, 69.—

Unchaste, immodest, lewd (the predom. signif. of the word): Pa. Quod id est facinus? Sc. Inpudicum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 11:

quam tu inpudicam esse arbitrere,

id. Am. 3, 2, 24:

me inpudicam facere,

i. e. to rob of chastity, id. ib. 2, 2, 202:

omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

intolerabile est servire impuro, impudico, effeminato,

id. Phil. 3, 5, 12:

et consul et impudicissimus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 70:

mulieres,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

osculando impudicior,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 51.—

Transf.:

digitus,

i. e. the middle finger, Mart. 6, 70, 5:

si fur veneris, impudicus ibis,

violated, Auct. Priap. 60:

odor impudicus urcei,

disgusting, filthy, Mart. 12, 32, 16. — Adv.: impŭdīcē, unchastely, Tert. Idol. 2:

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.