evil-boding

mălus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mala, dirt; Gr. melas, black; cf. macula; Germ. mal in Mutter-mal, etc.].— Comp.: pējor, pejus.— Sup.: pessimus, a, um, bad, in the widest sense of the word (opp. bonus), evil, wicked, injurious, destructive, mischievous, hurtful; of personal appearance, ill-looking, ugly, deformed; of weight, bad, light; of fate, evil, unlucky, etc.:

malus et nequam homo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 1:

pessima puella,

Cat. 36, 9; 55, 10:

delituit mala,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9:

philosophi minime mali illi quidem, sed non satis acuti,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 23:

malam opinionem habere de aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

consuetudo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

conscientia,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

mens,

id. ib.:

mores,

Sall. C. 18:

fures,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 77:

Furiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 135:

virus,

Verg. G. 1, 129:

cicuta,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 56:

libido,

Liv. 1, 57:

falx,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

gramina,

id. A. 2, 471: carmen, i. e. an incantation, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17:

abi in malam rem,

go and be hanged! Ter. And. 2, 1, 17:

pugna,

unsuccessful, adverse, Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54; Sall. J. 56:

avis,

i. e. ill-boding, Hor. C. 1, 15, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 46:

ales,

id. Epod. 10, 1: aetas, burdensome, i. e. senectus, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 4:

haud mala est mulier,

not badlooking, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42:

facies,

Quint. 6, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43:

crus,

i. e. deformed, Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

pondus,

i. e. light, deficient, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156.—Of the sick:

in malis aeger est,

in great danger, Cels. 3, 15 fin.:

tempus a quo omnis aeger pejor fiat,

id. 3, 5 med.:

eo tempore fere pessimi sunt qui aegrotant,

id. ib. —In neutr. sing., as adv.:

ne gallina malum responset dura palato,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 18.— Comp.: pejor, worse:

via,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 96.—Hence,

mă-lum, i, n., any thing bad, an evil, mischief, misfortune, calamity, etc.

In gen.:

orarem, ut ei, quod posses mali facere, faceres,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 25:

quam sit bellum, cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

nihil enim mali accidisse Scipioni puto,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

externum, i. e. bellum,

Nep. Hamilc. 21:

ne in cotidianam id malum vertat, i. e. febris,

Cels. 3, 15:

hoc malo domitos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 11.—

In partic.

Punishment; hurt, harm, severity, injury:

malo domandam tribuniciam potestatem,

Liv. 2, 54, 10:

malo exercitum coërcere,

Sall. J. 100, 5:

sine malo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81; so Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45; Liv. 4, 49, 11:

vi, malo, plagis adductus est, ut frumenti daret,

ill-usage, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

amanti amoenitas malo est: nobis lucro est,

is hurtful, injurious, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 5:

clementiam illi malo fuisse,

was injurious, unfortunate, Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1: malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo, to his own [p. 1105] hurt, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 23 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

olet homo quidam malo suo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 165:

male merenti bona es: at malo cum tuo,

to your own hurt, id. As. 1, 3, 3.—

Wrong-doing:

causae, quae numquam malo defuturae sunt, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 3: sperans famam exstingui veterum sic posse malorum,

Verg. A. 6, 527; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178.—

As a term of abuse, plague, mischief, torment:

quid tu, malum, me sequere?

Plaut. Cas. 1, 3:

qui, malum, alii?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; so id. Off. 2, 15, 53; Curt. 8, 14, 41.—

As an exclamation, alas! misery! Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 16; id. Men. 2, 3, 37 Brix ad loc.—

măle, adv., badly, ill, wrongly, wickedly, unfortunately, erroneously, improperly, etc.: dubitas, quin lubenter tuo ero meus, quod possiet facere, faciat male? will do all the harm to him, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66: si iste Italiam relinquet, faciet omnino male, et, ut ego existimo, alogistôs, will act altogether unwisely, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:

di isti Segulio male faciant,

do harm to him, punish him, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1:

o factum male de Alexione!

id. Att. 15, 1, 1:

male velle alicui,

to wish ill, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13:

Karthagini male jamdiu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio, cogitare de aliquo,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

male loqui,

id. Rosc. Am. 48:

male loqui alicui, for maledicere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 25:

male accipere verbis aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

equitatu agmen adversariorum, male habere,

to harass, annoy, Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hoc male habet virum,

annoys, vexes him, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5:

male se habere,

to feel ill, dejected, low-spirited, id. Eun. 4, 2, 6:

male est animo,

it vexes me, id. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

male est animo,

I feel unwell, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

male fit animo,

I am beginning to feel bad, am getting unwell, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26: L. Antonio male sit, si quidem, etc., evil betide him! (a formula of imprecation), Cic. Att. 15, 15, 1:

quae res tibi vertat male,

much harm may it do you! Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

male tibi esse malo quam molliter,

I would rather you should be unfortunate than effeminate, Sen. Ep. 82, 1:

proelium male pugnatum,

unsuccessfully, Sall. J. 54, 7:

ea quae male empta sunt,

at a bad bargain, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1:

male vendere,

at a sacrifice, id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

male reprehendunt praemeditationem rerum futurarum,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

male tegere mutationem fortunae,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

male sustinere arma,

unskilfully, Liv. 1, 25, 12: non dubito, quin me male oderit, i. e. very much, intensely, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

male metuo, ne, etc.,

exceedingly, much, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:

rauci,

miserably, Hor. S. 1, 4, 66.—

When attached to an adjective, it freq. gives it the opposite meaning: male sanus = insanus,

insane, deranged, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana,

with mind disturbed, Verg. A. 4, 8:

gratus,

i. e. ungrateful, Ov. H. 7, 27:

male fidas provincias,

unfaithful, Tac. H. 1, 17:

statio male fida carinis,

unsafe, Verg. A. 2, 23.— Comp.:

oderam multo pejus hunc quam illum ipsum Clodium,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

pejusque leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50; and:

cane pejus vitabit chlamydem,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 30.

mālus, i, f., Gr. mêlea, an appletree:

malus bifera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7:

et steriles platani malos gessere valentes,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

malus granata,

the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6:

felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.

mālus, i, m. [by some referred to root mac-; Gr. makros; Lat. magnus; but perh. the same word with 2. malus], an upright mast, pole, or beam.

In gen.:

malos exaequantes altitudinem jugi surrexit,

Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—

Esp.

A mast of a ship:

ut si qui gubernatorem in navigando agere nihil dicant, cum alii malos scandant, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

malum erigi, vela fieri imperavit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

attolli malos,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

malo suspendit ab alto,

id. ib. 5, 489:

saucius,

injured, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5.—

A standard or pole, to which the awnings spread over the theatre were attached, Lucr. 6, 110; Liv. 39, 7, 8.—

The beam in the middle of a wine-press, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

The corner beams of a tower:

turrium mali,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4.

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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.