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1 absurdus
ab-surdus, a, um, adj. [ab, mis-, and Sanscr. svan = sonare; cf. susurrus, and surinx, = a pipe; cf. also absonus], out of tune, hence giving a disagreeable sound, harsh, rough.I.Lit.:II.vox absona et absurda,
Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41; so of the croaking of frogs: absurdoque sono fontes et stagna cietis, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—Fig., of persons and things, irrational, incongruous, absurd, silly, senseless, stupid:1.ratio inepta atque absurda,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:hoc pravum, ineptum, absurdum atque alienum a vitā meā videtur,
id. ib. 5, 8, 21:carmen cum ceteris rebus absurdum tum vero in illo,
Cic. Mur. 26:illud quam incredibile, quam absurdum!
id. Sull. 20:absurda res est caveri,
id. Balb. 37: bene dicere haud absurdum est, is not inglorious, per litotem for, is praiseworthy, glorious, Sall. C. 3 Kritz.—Homo absurdus, a man who is fit or good for nothing:sin plane abhorrebit et erit absurdus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:absurdus ingenio,
Tac. H. 3, 62; cf.:sermo comis, nec absurdum ingenium,
id. A. 13, 45.— Comp., Cic. Phil. 8, 41; id. N. D. 1, 16; id. Fin. 2, 13.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 13.— Adv.: absurdē.Lit., discordantly:2.canere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—Fig., irrationally, absurdly, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15; id. Div. 2, 58, 219 al.— Comp., Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4.— Sup., Aug. Trin. 4 fin.
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