obscenum

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.

noctĭlūca, ae, f. [nox-luceo], that shines by night; hence,

The moon: Luna quod sola lucet noctu: itaque ea dicta noctiluca in Palatio;

nam ibi noctu lucet templum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 68 Müll.:

canentes Rite crescentem face noctilucam,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 38.—

A lantern, Varr. ap. Non. 234, 4 (Sat. Men. 54, 5).—

Noctilucam (noctilugam) Lucilius cum dixit obscenum significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. (Scalig. ad loc. understands, by noctiluca, avis mali ominis noctu lugens; Salmas. Exerc. Plin. p. 70, col. 2, d, reads noctipuga, acc. to a gloss: noctipugam obscenum quod quasi noctibus compungat); v. Müll. ad Fest. l. l.

* * *

dē-torquĕo, si, tum (detorsum, v. infra no. 1. A. 2.), 2, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or bend aside, to turn off, turn away (class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

ponticulum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

cornua (antennarum),

Verg. A. 5, 832:

habenas,

id. ib. 11, 765:

lumen ab illā,

Ov. M. 6, 515 et saep.— Poet.:

vulnus,

Verg. A. 9, 746.—

With in or ad and acc., to turn in any direction, to direct towards:

(orbis partem) a latere in dextram partem,

Cic. Univ. 7 fin.; so,

caudam in dexterum, in laevum,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207:

proram ad undas,

Verg. A. 5, 165:

cursus ad regem,

id. ib. 4, 196:

cervicem ad oscula,

Hor. Od. 2, 12, 25 et saep.—

Trop.:

voluptates animos a virtute,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37:

quae (sc. voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest,

id. Cael. 9 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 17.—Of etymolog. derivation: Marrucini vocantur, de Marso detorsum nomen, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.; so,

parce detorta,

Hor. A. P. 53.—With indication of the term. ad quem:

aliquem ad segnitiem luxumque,

Plin. Pan. 82, 6:

vividum animum in alia,

Tac. A. 13, 3; cf.:

te pravum alio (i. e. ad aliud vitium),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 55.—

In partic., to turn or twist out of shape, to distort.

Lit.:

partes corporis detortae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 17:

Vatinius corpore detorto,

Tac. A. 15, 34.—

Trop., to distort, misrepresent:

calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere,

Liv. 42, 42; cf.:

recte facta (with carpere),

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

sincera rectaque ingenia,

id. Pan. 70, 5; cf. Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

verbum aliquod in pejus,

Sen. Ep. 13 med.; cf.:

verba, voltus in crimen,

Tac. A. 1, 7:

sermonem in obscenum intellectum,

Quint. 8, 3, 44.—

Neutr., to turn or go in any direction:

in laevam,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.

făcētus, a, um, adj. [root fa- of fari; Sanscr. bhā-, shine, appear; Gr. pha- in phêmi, phainô; strengthened făc, as in fax, facies], well-made, choice, elegant, fine.

Lit. (very rare): nae illi sunt pedes faceti ac deliciis ingredienti molles, Brutus ap. Quint. 6, 3, 20:

facetis victibus vivere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 43.—

Trop.

Of behavior, fine, courteous, polite, gentle (very rare):

vir facetus atque magnificus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 84:

mulier commoda et faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 11:

ut cuique est aetas, ita quemque facetus adopta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 55:

est qui (ambulet tunicis) subductis usque facetus,

i. e. who thinks to be very fine, id. S. 1, 2, 26.—

Of speech.

Elegant, fine:

molle atque facetum Vergilio annuerunt gaudentes rure Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; cf.: decoris hanc et excultae cujusdam elegantiae appellationem ( faceti) puto, Quint. 6, 3, 20.—

Merry, witty, jocose, humorous, facetious (the predominant signif. of the word).

Of persons: dulcem et facetum festivique sermonis atque in omni sermone simulatorem, quem eirôna Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

elegantes, faceti,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

in altercando cum aliquo aculeo et maledicto facetus,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

imitatores et narratores faceti,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

etiam quodam loco facetus esse voluisti,

id. Phil. 2, 8, 20:

conviva joco mordente facetus,

Juv. 9, 10 et saep.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus: unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum, alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

ironia faceta et elegans,

id. Brut. 85, 292:

faceta et urbana innumerabilia,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

sermo,

id. ib. 1, 8, 32:

dictum,

id. ib. 2, 54, 219:

joci,

Just. 39, 2.— Comp.: Quo facetior videare, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. REDARGUISSE, p. 273, 10 Müll. — Sup.:

Aristophanes facetissimus poëta veteris comoediae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

argutiae facetissimi salis,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117.—Hence, adv.: făcēte,

(Acc. to II. A.) Finely, properly, elegantly (anteclass.):

hanc ego rem exorsus sum facete et callide,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7; id. Mil. 1, 1, 39; id. Stich. 1, 3, 114:

facete dictum,

well said! good! id. Capt. 1, 2, 73; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; 3, 1, 37.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Wittily, pleasantly, humorously, facetiously (class.):

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

facete et urbane Stoicos ridere,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

multa colligere ridicule ac facete,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 243: praeclare et apposite et facete scripsit, Gell. 2, 23, 11:

(Cicero) plura quam quisquam dixit facete,

Quint. 6, 3, 4.— Comp.:

nos ab isto nebulone facetius eludimur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

disputare,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 217.— Sup.:

noster hic facetissime tres de jure civili libellos tribus legendos dedit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223:

dicere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9 fin.:

ludere,

id. ib. 9, 22, 2.

illībĕrālis ( inl-), e, adj. [in-liberalis], unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.;

mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

labor,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:

facinus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

mens,

Quint. 1, 3, 14:

cibus (raphanus),

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79:

servom haud illiberalem praebes te,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

non te in me illiberalem putabit,

disobliging, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—

Niggardly, grasping:

paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,

Liv. 38, 14, 14. — Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly:

factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:

me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2:

aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,

i. e. meanly, stingily, id. ib. 4, 2, 5.

illībĕrālis ( inl-), e, adj. [in-liberalis], unworthy of a freeman, ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging (class.;

mostly of things): illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

labor,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 3:

facinus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 3:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus, unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum: alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

res ad cognoscendum non illiberalis,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

mens,

Quint. 1, 3, 14:

cibus (raphanus),

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 79:

servom haud illiberalem praebes te,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

non te in me illiberalem putabit,

disobliging, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—

Niggardly, grasping:

paulatim illiberali adiectione ad centum talenta perductus,

Liv. 38, 14, 14. — Adv.: illībĕrālĭter, ignobly, ungenerously, meanly:

factum a vobis (with duriter immisericorditerque),

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:

me audiatis ut unum e togatis, patris diligentia non illiberaliter institutum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Att. 16, 3, 2:

aliquid aestimare valde illiberaliter,

i. e. meanly, stingily, id. ib. 4, 2, 5.

intellectus, a, um, Part., from intellego.

intellectus, ūs, m. [intellego], a perceiving, discerning.

Lit., perception, discernment by the senses:

saporum,

Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174:

acrimoniae,

id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

nec est intellectus ullus in odore vel sapore,

i. e. the poison cannot be perceived either by the taste or smell, id. 11, 53, 116, § 280:

intellectus in cortice protinus peritis,

good judges know a tree by its bark, id. 16, 39, 76, § 196.—

Trop.

Understanding, comprehension:

quīs neque boni intellectus neque mali cura,

Tac. A. 6, 36:

alicujus rei intellectum amittere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 17:

capere intellectum disciplinarum,

Quint. 1, 1, 15:

intellectu consequi aliquid,

id. 2, 5, 22:

elephantis intellectus sermonis patrii,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

nullum animal minus docile existimatur minorisve intellectus,

id. 29, 6, 34, § 106:

dissimulare intellectum insidiarum,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

intellectu carere,

to be unintelligible, Quint. 1, 1, 28:

rudis Corinthiorum,

Vell. 1, 13, 5: intellectum habere, to be understood:

hiems et ver et aestas intellectum ac vocabula habent, autumni perinde nomen ac bona ignorantur,

Tac. G. 26.—

Meaning, sense, signification of a word:

verba quaedam diversos intellectus habent, ut cerno,

Quint. 7, 9, 2:

in obscenum intellectum sermo detortus,

id. 8, 3, 44; id. 1, 7, 13.—

Knowledge of a language, understanding:

Latini sermonis intellectum habere,

Gai. Inst. 3, 93.—

Understanding, i. e. the faculty of understanding, intellect:

per analogiam nostro intellectu et honestum et bonum judicante,

Sen. Ep. 120:

in errorem intellectum inducere,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 7, 3:

intellectu carere,

to be without understanding, Dig. 29, 2, 92:

aliquem intellectum habere,... nullum intellectum habere,

Gai. Inst. 3, 109.

turpis, e, adj. [Sanscr. root tarp-, to be ashamed], ugly, unsightly, unseemly, foul, filthy (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense; syn.: taeter, foedus, deformis, obscaenus, immundus).

Lit.:

aspectus deformis atque turpis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 125:

ornatus,

id. ib. 1, 2, 94; cf.

infra, II.: vestitus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 57:

colores foedā specie,

Lucr. 2, 421:

pes,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

podex,

id. Epod. 8, 5:

rana,

id. ib. 5, 19:

pecus,

id. S. 1, 3, 100:

viri morbo,

deformed, disfigured, id. C. 1, 37, 9:

macies,

id. ib. 3, 27, 53:

scabies,

Verg. G. 3, 441:

podagrae,

id. ib. 3, 299:

udo membra flmo,

i. e. befouled, id. A. 5, 358; cf.

toral,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 36, 5; 8, 79, 2.— Sup.: simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

Trop., unseemly, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable (syn.:

inhonestus, impurus, sordidus, indecorus): pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133:

verbum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19:

cum esset proposita aut fuga turpis aut gloriosa mors,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

mors honesta saepe vitam quoque turpem exornat, at vita turpis saepe ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

adulescentia,

id. Font. 15, 34:

causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

luxuria cum omni aetati turpis, tum senectuti foedissima est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

si enim disserunt, nihil esse obscenum, nihil turpe dictu,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

formido mortis,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

pars ingentem formidine turpi Scandunt equum,

Verg. A. 2, 400:

repulsa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

turpem senectam Degere,

id. C. 1, 31, 19:

adulter,

id. ib. 1, 33, 9:

meretricis amor,

id. S. 1, 4, 111:

non turpis ad te, sed miser confugit,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

prodis ex judice Dama Turpis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

sub dominā meretrice turpis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

Egestas,

Verg. A. 6, 276:

facta,

Quint. 1, 2, 2:

fama,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

nihil turpe est, cujus placet pretium,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

luxus,

Juv. 6, 298:

fames,

Flor. 4, 5, 3:

foedus,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7:

metus,

id. 2, 9, 8.— Comp.:

quid hoc turpius? quid foedius?

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

quid est autem nequius aut turpius effeminato viro?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

nihil est turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quocum familiariter vixeris,

id. Lael. 21, 77; 26, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— Sup.:

homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

turpissima fuga,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31: turpissimus calumniae quaestus, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226:

quod quidem mihi videtur esse turpissimum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—

As subst.: turpĕ, is, n., a base or shameful thing, a disgrace, shame, reproach:

nec honesto quicquam honestius, nec turpi turpius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ov. Am. 1, 9, 4: honesta et turpia virtutis ac malitiae societas efficit, Sen. Ep. 31, 5.— Adv. ( poet.):

turpe incedere,

in an unsightly manner, unbecomingly, Cat. 42, 8:

gemens,

Stat. Th. 3, 334.—

Turpe est, or simply turpe, with a subj.-clause:

habere quaestui rem publicam, non modo turpe est, sed sceleratum etiam et nefarium,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

quod facere non turpe est, modo, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 35, 127:

benevolentiam adsentando colligere turpe est,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

quid autem turpius quam illudi?

id. ib. 26, 99; cf. id. ib. 21, 77:

turpe erit, ingenium mitius esse feris,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

turpe ducet cedere pari,

Quint. 1, 2, 22.— Hence, adv.: turpĭter, in an ugly or unsightly manner.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

Trop., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, dishonorably (class.):

turpiter et nequiter facere aliquid,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36;

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1:

turpiter se in castra recipere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 24; id. Hec. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9; 7, 2, 7; id. Mil. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 80; id. B. C. 3, 24; Auct. B. G. 8, 13; Hor. A. P. 284; Ov. M. 4, 187; Phaedr. 1, 25, 2; Val. Max. 2, 7, 15.— Comp., Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; Sen. Ep. 82, 12.

turpis, e, adj. [Sanscr. root tarp-, to be ashamed], ugly, unsightly, unseemly, foul, filthy (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense; syn.: taeter, foedus, deformis, obscaenus, immundus).

Lit.:

aspectus deformis atque turpis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 125:

ornatus,

id. ib. 1, 2, 94; cf.

infra, II.: vestitus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 57:

colores foedā specie,

Lucr. 2, 421:

pes,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

podex,

id. Epod. 8, 5:

rana,

id. ib. 5, 19:

pecus,

id. S. 1, 3, 100:

viri morbo,

deformed, disfigured, id. C. 1, 37, 9:

macies,

id. ib. 3, 27, 53:

scabies,

Verg. G. 3, 441:

podagrae,

id. ib. 3, 299:

udo membra flmo,

i. e. befouled, id. A. 5, 358; cf.

toral,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 36, 5; 8, 79, 2.— Sup.: simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

Trop., unseemly, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable (syn.:

inhonestus, impurus, sordidus, indecorus): pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133:

verbum,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19:

cum esset proposita aut fuga turpis aut gloriosa mors,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

mors honesta saepe vitam quoque turpem exornat, at vita turpis saepe ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

adulescentia,

id. Font. 15, 34:

causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

luxuria cum omni aetati turpis, tum senectuti foedissima est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

si enim disserunt, nihil esse obscenum, nihil turpe dictu,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

formido mortis,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

pars ingentem formidine turpi Scandunt equum,

Verg. A. 2, 400:

repulsa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

turpem senectam Degere,

id. C. 1, 31, 19:

adulter,

id. ib. 1, 33, 9:

meretricis amor,

id. S. 1, 4, 111:

non turpis ad te, sed miser confugit,

Cic. Quint. 31, 98; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

prodis ex judice Dama Turpis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

sub dominā meretrice turpis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

Egestas,

Verg. A. 6, 276:

facta,

Quint. 1, 2, 2:

fama,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

nihil turpe est, cujus placet pretium,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

luxus,

Juv. 6, 298:

fames,

Flor. 4, 5, 3:

foedus,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7:

metus,

id. 2, 9, 8.— Comp.:

quid hoc turpius? quid foedius?

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

quid est autem nequius aut turpius effeminato viro?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

nihil est turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quocum familiariter vixeris,

id. Lael. 21, 77; 26, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— Sup.:

homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

turpissima fuga,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31: turpissimus calumniae quaestus, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226:

quod quidem mihi videtur esse turpissimum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—

As subst.: turpĕ, is, n., a base or shameful thing, a disgrace, shame, reproach:

nec honesto quicquam honestius, nec turpi turpius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ov. Am. 1, 9, 4: honesta et turpia virtutis ac malitiae societas efficit, Sen. Ep. 31, 5.— Adv. ( poet.):

turpe incedere,

in an unsightly manner, unbecomingly, Cat. 42, 8:

gemens,

Stat. Th. 3, 334.—

Turpe est, or simply turpe, with a subj.-clause:

habere quaestui rem publicam, non modo turpe est, sed sceleratum etiam et nefarium,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

quod facere non turpe est, modo, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 35, 127:

benevolentiam adsentando colligere turpe est,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

quid autem turpius quam illudi?

id. ib. 26, 99; cf. id. ib. 21, 77:

turpe erit, ingenium mitius esse feris,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

turpe ducet cedere pari,

Quint. 1, 2, 22.— Hence, adv.: turpĭter, in an ugly or unsightly manner.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

Trop., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, dishonorably (class.):

turpiter et nequiter facere aliquid,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36;

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1:

turpiter se in castra recipere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 24; id. Hec. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9; 7, 2, 7; id. Mil. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 80; id. B. C. 3, 24; Auct. B. G. 8, 13; Hor. A. P. 284; Ov. M. 4, 187; Phaedr. 1, 25, 2; Val. Max. 2, 7, 15.— Comp., Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; Sen. Ep. 82, 12.