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  • 1 dīrus

        dīrus adj.    with comp, ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread: cometae, V.: quibus nihil dirius: mortalibus omen, O.: tempus: exsecratio, L. — Plur n. as subst: in dira incurrimus: Dira canere, O.: dira alcui precari, Tb. — Dreadful, cruel, fierce, fell, relentless: sorores, the furies, V.: Dea, i. e. Circe, O.: Hannibal, H.: mens, V.: hydra, H. — Dreadful, dire, horrible, awful: dapes, O.: venena, H.: bellum, V.: cupido, insane, V.: sollicitudines, H.: superbia, O.: Temporibus diris, in the reign of terror, Iu.— Plur n. As adv.: dira fremens, frightfully, V.
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    dira, dirum ADJ
    fearful, cruel, awful, horrible; fierce

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  • 2 obscēnus

        obscēnus (obscaen-, not obscoenus), adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SAV-], of adverse omen, ill-omened, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous: volucres, of ill-omen, V.: animalium fetūs, monstrous, L.: omen: puppis, fatal ship, O.: anūs, H.—Repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy: frons, V.: volucres pelagi, i. e. the harpies, V.—Immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene: adulterium, O.: id dicere obscenum est: illud Antipatri paulo obscenius: obscenissimi versūs.—As subst m., a lewd person, Iu.—As subst n., sing. and plur, the private parts, O.
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    I
    obscena -um, obscenior -or -us, obscenissimus -a -um ADJ
    repulsive, detestable; foul; indecent, obscene, lewd; (sexual/excretory things); inauspicious/unpropitious; ill-omened/boding ill; filthy, polluted, disgusting
    II
    sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person

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  • 3 portentōsus

        portentōsus adj.    [portentum], monstrous, portentous, revolting: pestis: portentosa ex pecude nata, monstrous births.

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  • 4 abominosus

    abominosa, abominosum ADJ
    full of ill omens, portentous

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  • 5 abominosus

    ăb-ōmĭnōsus, a, um, = ominosus, full of ill omens, portentous:

    Februarius,

    Sol. 1, 40:

    vox,

    Diom. p. 472 P.

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  • 6 dira

    dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
    I.
    Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

    QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

    tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

    id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

    bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

    Ov. M. 5, 550:

    omen,

    Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

    aves,

    Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

    alites,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

    somnia,

    Val. Fl. 3, 59:

    tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

    Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

    deprecationes,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

    detestatio,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

    ritus sacrorum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8:

    religio loci,

    Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
    1.
    dīrae, ārum, f.
    (α).
    (sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

    dirarum obnuntiatio,

    id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
    (β).
    As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

    called also Dirae deae, sorores,

    Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
    2.
    dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

    in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

    me mihi dira precari cogis,

    to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

    dira passus,

    Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
    II.
    Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

    Dea,

    i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

    Ulixes,

    Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

    durum,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

    Afer,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

    Amulius,

    Ov. F. 4, 53:

    noverca,

    id. H. 12, 188:

    pellex,

    id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

    hydra,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 2, 651:

    victima,

    id. A. A. 1, 334:

    parens,

    fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

    soror,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

    parentes,

    Manil. 5, 541.—
    b.
    Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

    regio,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

    facies,

    id. F. 1, 553:

    dapes,

    id. ib. 6, 663:

    venena,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

    Asphaltites lacus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

    scopulus,

    id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

    duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

    id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

    bellum,

    Verg. A. 11, 217:

    nefas,

    id. ib. 4, 563:

    sollicitudines,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

    amores,

    Ov. M. 10, 426:

    superbia,

    id. ib. 3, 354:

    quies,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

    dira portas quassare trabs,

    Sil. 4, 284.—
    B.
    Skilful:

    in complicandis negotiis,

    Amm. 14, 5, 8.

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  • 7 dirae

    dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
    I.
    Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

    QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

    tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

    id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

    bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

    Ov. M. 5, 550:

    omen,

    Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

    aves,

    Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

    alites,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

    somnia,

    Val. Fl. 3, 59:

    tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

    Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

    deprecationes,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

    detestatio,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

    ritus sacrorum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8:

    religio loci,

    Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
    1.
    dīrae, ārum, f.
    (α).
    (sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

    dirarum obnuntiatio,

    id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
    (β).
    As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

    called also Dirae deae, sorores,

    Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
    2.
    dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

    in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

    me mihi dira precari cogis,

    to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

    dira passus,

    Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
    II.
    Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

    Dea,

    i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

    Ulixes,

    Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

    durum,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

    Afer,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

    Amulius,

    Ov. F. 4, 53:

    noverca,

    id. H. 12, 188:

    pellex,

    id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

    hydra,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 2, 651:

    victima,

    id. A. A. 1, 334:

    parens,

    fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

    soror,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

    parentes,

    Manil. 5, 541.—
    b.
    Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

    regio,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

    facies,

    id. F. 1, 553:

    dapes,

    id. ib. 6, 663:

    venena,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

    Asphaltites lacus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

    scopulus,

    id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

    duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

    id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

    bellum,

    Verg. A. 11, 217:

    nefas,

    id. ib. 4, 563:

    sollicitudines,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

    amores,

    Ov. M. 10, 426:

    superbia,

    id. ib. 3, 354:

    quies,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

    dira portas quassare trabs,

    Sil. 4, 284.—
    B.
    Skilful:

    in complicandis negotiis,

    Amm. 14, 5, 8.

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  • 8 dirus

    dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).
    I.
    Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

    QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

    tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

    id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

    bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

    Ov. M. 5, 550:

    omen,

    Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

    aves,

    Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

    alites,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

    somnia,

    Val. Fl. 3, 59:

    tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

    Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

    deprecationes,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

    detestatio,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

    ritus sacrorum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8:

    religio loci,

    Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:
    1.
    dīrae, ārum, f.
    (α).
    (sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

    dirarum obnuntiatio,

    id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—
    (β).
    As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

    called also Dirae deae, sorores,

    Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—
    2.
    dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

    in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

    me mihi dira precari cogis,

    to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

    dira passus,

    Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.
    II.
    Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

    Dea,

    i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

    Ulixes,

    Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

    Hannibal,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

    durum,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

    Afer,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

    Amulius,

    Ov. F. 4, 53:

    noverca,

    id. H. 12, 188:

    pellex,

    id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

    hydra,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 2, 651:

    victima,

    id. A. A. 1, 334:

    parens,

    fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

    soror,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

    parentes,

    Manil. 5, 541.—
    b.
    Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

    regio,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

    facies,

    id. F. 1, 553:

    dapes,

    id. ib. 6, 663:

    venena,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

    Asphaltites lacus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

    scopulus,

    id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

    duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

    id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

    bellum,

    Verg. A. 11, 217:

    nefas,

    id. ib. 4, 563:

    sollicitudines,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

    amores,

    Ov. M. 10, 426:

    superbia,

    id. ib. 3, 354:

    quies,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

    dira portas quassare trabs,

    Sil. 4, 284.—
    B.
    Skilful:

    in complicandis negotiis,

    Amm. 14, 5, 8.

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  • 9 obscaenus

    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.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    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.

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  • 10 obscena

    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.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    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.

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  • 11 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.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    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.

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  • 12 obscenus

    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.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obscenus

  • 13 obscoenus

    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.—
    II.
    Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

    quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

    Juv. 2, 9.—
    (β).
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obscoenus

  • 14 ominosus

    ōmĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [omen], full of foreboding, portentous, ominous (post-Aug.): mons avibus obscenis ominosus, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6:

    res,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 11. — Adv.: ōmĭnōsē, ominously: ominose retentus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 6, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ominosus

  • 15 ostentifer

    ostentĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [ostentumfero], portentous: ostentiferum, teratôdes, Vet. Gloss.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ostentifer

  • 16 portentosus

    portentōsus ( - tŭōsus), a, um, adj. [portentum], full of monsters, monstrous, portentous, unnatural, hideous, revolting, etc. (class., but not used of abstract things till after the Aug. period):

    si quando aliqua portentosa aut ex pecude aut ex homine nata dicuntur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:

    puer portentoso parvoque capite,

    Suet. Dom. 4:

    portentosissima genera ciborum,

    id. Calig. 37:

    labyrinthi, vel portentosissimum humani impendii opus,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84:

    mendacia Graeciae,

    id. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

    scientia,

    i. e. of wonderful things, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    ars,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 8:

    ingenia,

    id. 9, 41, 65, § 140:

    quo quid fieri portentosius potest?

    Sen. Ep. 87, 19:

    oratio portentosissima,

    id. ib. 114, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > portentosus

  • 17 portentuosus

    portentōsus ( - tŭōsus), a, um, adj. [portentum], full of monsters, monstrous, portentous, unnatural, hideous, revolting, etc. (class., but not used of abstract things till after the Aug. period):

    si quando aliqua portentosa aut ex pecude aut ex homine nata dicuntur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:

    puer portentoso parvoque capite,

    Suet. Dom. 4:

    portentosissima genera ciborum,

    id. Calig. 37:

    labyrinthi, vel portentosissimum humani impendii opus,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84:

    mendacia Graeciae,

    id. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

    scientia,

    i. e. of wonderful things, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    ars,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 8:

    ingenia,

    id. 9, 41, 65, § 140:

    quo quid fieri portentosius potest?

    Sen. Ep. 87, 19:

    oratio portentosissima,

    id. ib. 114, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > portentuosus

  • 18 prodigialis

    prōdĭgĭālis, e, adj. [prodigium].
    I.
    Unnatural, strange, wonderful, portentous, prodigious (post-class.):

    res,

    Amm. 25, 10, 1:

    caput,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 434:

    signa,

    Prud. Ham. 467.—Adverb.:

    prodigiale canens,

    Stat. Th. 7, 403:

    cometes prodigiale rubens,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 232.—
    II.
    That averts bad omens (Plautin.):

    prodigialis Juppiter,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 107.— Adv.: prōdĭgĭā-lĭter, unnaturally, in a strange manner, prodigiously ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    variare rem unam,

    Hor. A. P. 29:

    accidere,

    Col. 3, 3, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prodigialis

  • 19 prodigialiter

    prōdĭgĭālis, e, adj. [prodigium].
    I.
    Unnatural, strange, wonderful, portentous, prodigious (post-class.):

    res,

    Amm. 25, 10, 1:

    caput,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 434:

    signa,

    Prud. Ham. 467.—Adverb.:

    prodigiale canens,

    Stat. Th. 7, 403:

    cometes prodigiale rubens,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 232.—
    II.
    That averts bad omens (Plautin.):

    prodigialis Juppiter,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 107.— Adv.: prōdĭgĭā-lĭter, unnaturally, in a strange manner, prodigiously ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    variare rem unam,

    Hor. A. P. 29:

    accidere,

    Col. 3, 3, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prodigialiter

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