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1 pullus
pullus adj. [2 PAL-], dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish: ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis, V.: capilli, O.: myrtus, dusky, H.: praetor cum tunicā pullā, i. e. dressed like a common workman: toga, mourning cloak: pullo amictu, L.—As subst n., dark-gray stuff: obstrusa carbasa pullo, i. e. with a dark border, O.: nere stamina pulla, i. e. woful threads (of fate), O.* * *Ipulla, pullum ADJblackish, dark colored, of undyed wool as worn in morningIIchicken, young hen -
2 sordidus
I.Lit. (syn.: squalidus, obscenus): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):B.amictus,
Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.:sordidior toga,
Mart. 1, 104, 5:mappa,
Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8:lana,
Ov. A. A. 3, 222:fumus,
Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:at pol nitent, haud sordidae videntur ambae,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:servolicolae,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 55:nati,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.:magnos duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos,
id. ib. 2, 1, 22:puer sordidissimus dentibus,
Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.:sordido in loco sedere,
Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in mourning, Cic. Mur. 40, 86.— Poet.:Auctumnus calcatis sordidus uvis,
Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897;Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis,
sooty, dingy, Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, wisdom is often hid under a ragged cloak, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—Transf., low, base, mean, as to birth, rank, or condition; poor, humble, small, paltry (syn.:II. A.illiberalis, infimus): causam commisisse homini egenti, sordido, sine honore, sme censu,
Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.— Sup.:sordidissimus quisque,
Liv. 1, 47, 11:familiae sordidissima pars,
Petr. 132, 3; cf.:loco non humili solum sed etiam sordido ortus,
Liv. 22, 25, 18:a sordidis initiis ad summa crevere,
Just. 2, 6, 2:sordidum et obscurum Macedonum nomen,
id. 6, 9, 7:genus alicujus,
id. 22, 1, 1:panis,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5:villula,
Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf.tecta,
Luc. 4, 396:sedes,
id. 5, 9:lar villae,
Mart. 12, 57, 2:rura (with humiles casae),
Verg. E. 2, 28:aratra,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414;hence also, otia, i. e. ruris,
Mart. 1, 56, 4 —In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:B.iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,
id. Att. 9, 9, 3:multo homo sordidissimus,
id. Scaur. 2, § 23:homo furiosus ac sordidus,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:nec minus laetabor, cum te semper sordidum, quam si paulisper sordidatum viderem,
id. Pis. 41, 99:illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur... Sordidi etiam putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, quod statim vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, etc.... mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 42, 150:lucrum,
Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:qui (oratores) ne sordidiores quidem (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas),
id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:virtus repulsae nescia sordidae,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 17:adulterium,
Liv. 1, 58:nomen,
Quint. 8, 3, 21:verba,
id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10:multa,
id. 2, 12, 7:omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere autem miserum et periculosum sit,
Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.:qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment,
id. Lael. 17, 63.—In partic., mean, niggardly, penurious, sordid (cf. parcus):1.ita sordidus, ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. sumptuosus):perjurium,
Phaedr. 4, 19, 23:cupido,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 supra.—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.Lit., dirtily, foully:2. 3.per plateas tractus est sordidissime,
through the deepest mire, Lampr. Heliog. 33 med. —Trop.a.Vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly:b.loquitur laute et minime sordide,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11:dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339:contionari,
id. Att. 15, 2, 2:declamare (opp. splendide atque ornate),
Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly:nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse, se dimidium ejus ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:facere aliquid (opp. largissime),
Suet. Dom. 9:gerere proconsulatum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.
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