horribly

foedus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; cf.: fumus, fīmus, feteo], foul, filthy, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible (class.; cf.: deformis, turpis).

Physically:

cimices foedissimum animal,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61:

herba odoris foedi,

id. 20, 16, 63, § 171:

odor,

Cels. 2, 8; 5, 28, 3:

facies,

id. 6, 6, 9:

sapor,

Lucr. 2, 401:

species,

id. 2, 421:

nunc eo tibi videtur foedus, quia illam (vestem) non habet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 32:

immanissimum et foedissimum monstrum,

Cic. Pis. 14, 31:

foeda fit volucris (sc. bubo),

Ov. M. 5, 549:

caput impexa foedum porrigine,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 126:

foeda nigro simulacra fumo,

id. C. 3, 6, 4:

foeda cicatrix,

id. S. 1, 5, 60:

vulnus,

Ov. M. 12, 366:

tergum recentibus vestigiis vulnerum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7; cf. id. 9, 31, 2:

victus,

Hor. A. P. 392:

loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13:

tempestates,

Liv. 25, 7, 7; Verg. G. 1, 323:

foedissima tempestas,

Liv. 29, 18, 5:

incendium,

id. 24, 47, 15.—With dat.:

pestilentia foeda homini, foeda pecori,

destructive, Liv. 3, 32, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

foedum relatu,

Ov. M. 9, 167; cf.

foediora,

Liv. 3, 69, 2.—

Mentally, disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul, etc.:

quo (tyranno) neque tetrius, neque foedius, nec diis hominibusque invisius animal ullum cogitari potest,

Cic. Rep. 2, 26:

nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

id. Att. 8, 11, 4:

luxuria senectuti foedissima,

id. Off. 1, 34, 123:

homo,

Sall. C. 19, 2:

scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; cf.:

foedissima ludibria,

Quint. 1, 6, 32:

bellum foedissimum,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 3:

genus interitus,

id. ib. 15, 20, 2:

foedus et perniciosus exitus judicii,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

consilium,

Liv. 26, 38, 4:

facinus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1158:

ministeria,

Verg. A. 7, 619:

condiciones,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 15:

fuga ducum,

Val. Fl. 6, 723:

exprobratio,

Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249:

inconsequentia rerum foedissima,

Quint. 8, 6, 50.—In the neutr. with a subject-clause: ludos vero non facere, quid foedius? (shortly before: quid turpius?) Cic. Att. 15, 10:

versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 72.— Hence, adv.: foede, foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.):

aram turparunt sanguine foede,

Lucr. 1, 85:

foede aliquem distrahere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

laniare crura brachiaque,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caesa manus juvenum,

Verg. A. 10, 498:

ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

Lucr. 5, 1224:

servire,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: perire Sall. J. 31, 2:

pugnatum est,

Liv. 6, 1, 11:

foedius inde pulsus quam, etc.,

id. 2, 51, 8:

causa agetur foedissime,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.

foedus, ĕris (for foedus, Ennius wrote fidus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll. Archaic form of the gen. plur. foedesum, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 27; v. the letter R), n. [from the root FID; Sanscr. bandh, ligare; v. fido], a league, treaty, compact (cf.: sponsio, pactio).

Polit.:

FOEDERVM, PACIS, BELLI, INDVCIARVM ORATORES FETIALES IVDICESVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf. id. Rep. 1, 32:

esse autem tria genera foederum, quibus inter se paciscerentur amicitias civitates regesque,

Liv. 34, 57, 7:

pacem foedusque facere,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; cf.:

oratrices pacis et foederis,

id. Rep. 2, 8:

Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 2:

ne societates, ne foedera nova acciperemus,

Sall. J. 14, 18:

societatem foedere confirmare,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

quibus (foederibus) etiam cum hoste devincitur fides,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

amicitiam et foedus petere, Sall J. 104, 4: foedus facere cum aliquibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 30, 91; so,

foedus facere,

id. Rep. 3, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3; Sall. J. 38, 9 al.: ferire, icere, pangere, percutere, v. h. vv.: de foedere decedere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 1, 10:

foedera negligere, violare, rumpere,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.:

sociorum nominisque Latini jura negligere ac foedera,

id. Rep. 3, 29:

rumpere,

Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10:

violare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; Liv. 28, 44, 7:

rescindere,

Vell. 2, 90, 3:

solvere,

Verg. A. 10, 91:

turbare,

id. ib. 12, 633:

contra foedus facere,

Cic. Balb. 4, 10; Gell. 10, 1, 10:

foedus aequum dare,

Liv. 23, 5, 9 (for which:

ex aequo venire in amicitiam,

id. 7, 30, 2); cf.:

foedere iniquo alligari,

id. 35, 46, 10:

ex foedere,

according to agreement, id. 1, 23, 7; 8, 39, 13. —

Transf., beyond the polit. sphere, in gen., a compact, covenant, agreement, stipulation, bargain:

foedus fecerunt cum tribuno plebis palam, ut ab eo provincias acciperent, quas ipsi vellent, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf.:

foedus frangere,

id. Pis. 12, 28:

inter se facere,

id. Fin. 2, 26, 83:

amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

id. Cael. 14, 34:

amicitiae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 1:

hospitii,

Just. 7, 3:

thalami,

i. e. marriage contract, marriage, Ov. M. 7, 403; so,

vitae,

Stat. Th. 2, 112:

communia studii,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 43.—

Poet., of inanim. and abstr. things, a law:

continuo has leges aeternaque foedera certis Inposuit natura locis,

Verg. G. 1, 60:

omnes Foedere naturae certo discrimina servant,

Lucr. 5, 924; 5, 57; 6, 906:

foedere certo et premere et laxas dare habenas,

Verg. A. 1, 62:

neve potentis naturae pollue foedus,

Ov. M. 10, 353: caeli foedera, Col. Poët. 10, 219.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).

Absol.:

taetra et immanis belua,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

odor ex multitudine cadaverum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

cadavera,

Lucr. 2, 415:

aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur,

id. 2, 421:

sapor,

id. 6, 22:

absinthia,

id. 1, 936:

ulcera,

id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172;

6, 976: cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

spiritus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618:

loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.:

taetris tenebris et caligine,

Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44:

alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu!

id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

vultus naturā horridus ac taeter,

Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.— Comp.:

aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 510.— Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.—

With abl.:

foedā specie taetri,

Lucr. 2, 421; cf.:

mulier taeterrima vultu,

Juv. 6, 418.—As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness:

quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—

Mentally or morally.

In gen.

Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.:

immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65:

quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

Cic. Vatin. 3, 9:

quis taetrior hostis huic civitati,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—

Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.):

libido,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 33:

facinus,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95:

prodigia,

Liv. 22, 9.— Comp.:

quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77. — Sup.:

taeterrimum bellum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.—

Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.:

taetrum flagrat... Horror conscius,

Prud. Cath. 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.— Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.