mala+pécora

• devious person

• person in charge of punching tickets

• person legally responsible for publications

• tricky lawyer

• tricky question

devious person, person in whom one cannot trust, tricky person.

familiar to be a bitch

1 head of sheep, head of cattle.

2 woman of ill-repute, prostitute.

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ser una mala pécora familiar to be a bitch

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SF (tb: mala pécora) (=arpía) bitch; (=prostituta) loose woman, whore

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1) ( mujer)

2) (Per fam) smell of cheesy feet (colloq)

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1) ( mujer)

2) (Per fam) smell of cheesy feet (colloq)

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(mujer): mala pécora bitch ( colloq), Jezebel ( colloq)

B ( Per fam) stink of smelly feet, smell of cheesy feet ( colloq)

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pécora nf

1. Comp

ser una mala pécora to be a bitch o harpy

2. Perú Fam [olor a pies] stink of smelly feet

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mala pécora fam bitch fam

1 bad, evil.

2 bad, low-quality, deficient.

1 deuce of spades.

2 a mailsteamer. (America)

3 bad luck. (Andes)

4 mailbag (correo).

5 bad one.

6 mala.

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SF bad luck

SF (=saco) mailbag; (=correo) mail, post

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( Chi fam)

me ha agarrado mala he's taken a dislike to me

le tiene mala she has something against him

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dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

prōnus, a, um (archaic form of fem. pronis, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.), adj. [like Gr. pranês = prênês, from root pra-, pro; cf. prae).

Lit., turned forward, bent or inclined, leaning or hanging forward, stooping, bending down (class.; opp. supinus; cf. cernuus).

Of living beings:

puerum imponere equo pronum in ventrem,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13:

pronus pendens in verbera,

leaning forward to strike, Verg. A. 10, 586:

ipsum Pronum sterne solo,

id. ib. 11, 485:

pronus magister Volvitur in caput,

id. ib. 1, 115:

pecora, quae natura prona finxit,

Sall. C. 1, 1; Ov. M. 8, 379.— Poet., of those running swiftly, Ov. M. 10, 652:

leporem pronum catulo sectare sagaci,

flying swiftly, id. R. Am. 201.—

Of things, bending forward or downward, going or inclined downward:

ilex paulum modo prona, dein flexa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

prona ac fastigiata tigna,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

pronae atque vergentes ampullae,

Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6:

demissus inde pronusque pulvinus,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

(urbs) prona in paludes,

sinking down, Liv. 4, 59:

crateres,

overturned, Stat. Th. 5, 255:

motus corporis,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

cubitus,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

prona via,

steep, Ov. M. 2, 67:

amnis,

Verg. G. 1, 203:

rivi,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 11:

currus,

Ov. M. 5, 424. — Absol.:

nihil habent proni et supera semper petunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

per pronum ire,

downwards, Sen. Ep. 123, 14:

per prona voluti,

Sil. 15, 235.—

In partic.

Of the heavenly bodies, of time, etc., setting, sinking, declining ( poet.):

pronus Orion,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 18:

sidera,

Prop. 1, 16, 23:

Titan,

Ov. M. 11, 257:

dies,

Stat. Th. 2, 41:

menses (=celeriter praetereuntes),

Hor. C. 4, 6, 39:

anni,

id. A. P. 60.—

Of localities, turned, looking, or lying towards (postAug.).

With dat.:

loca Aquiloni prona,

Col. 3, 2, 6:

aedificii solum pronius orienti,

situated more to the east, id. 1, 5, 8.—

With ad:

campo patente et ad solem prono,

Col. 2, 9, 3.—

Trop., inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (class.); usu. constr. with ad, in aliquid, or dat.; poet. also with gen.

In gen.

With ad:

rei publicae genus inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 47:

anxitudo prona ad luctum,

id. ib. 2, 41, 68 (from Non. 72, 31):

boves ad domandum proni,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2:

pronus ad omne nefas,

Luc. 6, 147:

pronus ad cujusque necem,

Suet. Vit. 14:

ad poëticam,

id. Ner. 50:

ad simultates,

Plin. Pan. 84.— Sup.: ad indulgentias pronissimus, Capit. Anton. 10, 8.—

With in and acc.:

in obsequium plus aequo pronus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:

in libidines,

Suet. Caes. 50:

saeculum in omnia mala,

Flor. 4, 12.—Prov.:

prona est timori semper in pejus fides,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 316. —

With dat.:

pronus deterioribus,

Tac. Agr. 41 fin.—Comp.:

aures offensioni proniores,

Tac. A. 4, 29 fin. —

With gen. ( poet.):

ruendi In ferrum mens prona viris,

Luc. 1, 461.— Comp.:

unus audendi pronior,

Claud. Ruf. 2, 400.—

In partic.

Inclined to favor, favorable to any thing (post-Aug.).

With dat.:

si modo prona bonis invicti Caesaris assint Numina,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 61.— Comp.:

cohors Cn. Dolabellae pronior,

Suet. Galb. 12.—

With in and acc.:

prona in eum aula Neronis,

Tac. H. 1, 13.— Comp.:

ut quis misericordiā in Germanicum pronior,

Tac. A. 2, 73:

in verum nepotem,

Suet. Cat. 19.—

Absol.:

prona sententia,

Val. Fl. 8, 340:

pronis auribus accipere aliquid,

Tac. H. 1, 1; Luc. 5, 501.— Comp.:

quos pronior fortuna comitatur,

Vell. 2, 69, 6.—

Easy, without difficulty (mostly post - Aug.):

omnia virtuti suae prona esse,

Sall. J. 114, 2:

omnia prona victoribus,

Tac. Agr. 33:

pronum ad honores iter,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

via ad regnum,

Just. 1, 5, 9: pronum est, it is easy:

agere memoratu digna pronum erat,

Tac. Agr. 1:

invitos praebere deos,

Luc. 6, 606:

facile et pronum est agere,

Juv. 9, 43.— Comp.:

id pronius ad fidem est,

is easier to believe, Liv. 21, 28.—Hence, adv.: prōnē, downwards, pronely (post-class.).

Lit., Paul. Petr. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 546.—

Trop., readily, willingly; comp. pronius, Amm. 30, 8, 10.