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  • 1 improbus (in-pr-)

        improbus (in-pr-) adj.    with comp. and sup, not good, bad, wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, bold, shameless, wanton: nequam et improbus: longe post natos homines improbissimus: fugit improbus, the rogue, H.: fit ubi neglegas malus inprobior, S.: anguis, voracious, V.: annis, by his youth, Iu.: Fortuna adridens infantibus, mischievous, Iu.—Of things, wicked, shameless, outrageous, base: verba improbissima: ora (leonis), V.: divitiae, H.: oratio, Cs.: dicta, licentious, O.: lex improbissima: testamentum, illegal. —Restless, indomitable, persistent: labor, V.: improbo Iracundior Hadriā, untamable, H.: ventris rabies, insatiate, V.

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  • 2 protervus

        protervus adj.    [pro+1 TER], pressing forward, violent, vehement: venti, H.: stella canis, oppressive, O.—Fig., forward, bold, pert, wanton, shameless, impudent: homo: dictum aut factum: vidua: iuvenes, H.: oculi, O.: Musa, O.
    * * *
    proterva, protervum ADJ
    violent, reckless; impudent, shameless

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  • 3 improbus

    imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

    mostly post-Aug.): merces,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

    opera araneorum et textura inproba,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

    panis,

    Mart. 10, 5, 5:

    improbiores postes,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—
    B.
    Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

    genua,

    Col. 6, 1, 3:

    arva,

    Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

    Chilones a labris improbioribus,

    Charis. p. 78 P.:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    tegmina plantae,

    Val. Fl. 6, 702:

    improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

    Mart. 12, 18, 13:

    villus barbarum in capris,

    Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

    reptatus (vitium),

    id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

    imber improbior,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—
    II.
    Transf., of mind and character.
    A.
    Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

    pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

    Verg. G. 1, 146:

    tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

    id. ib. 1, 388:

    quatit improbus hastam,

    id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—
    B.
    Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).
    1.
    Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

    qui improbi essent et scelesti,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

    nequam et improbus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

    illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

    populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    cum in me tam improbus fuit,

    id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

    ab ingenio est improbus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

    ut alias res est impense improbus,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

    anus,

    id. S. 2, 5, 84:

    cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

    Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

    (anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

    voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    lupus,

    id. A. 9, 62:

    Jovis ales,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    annis,

    by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

    Fortuna arridens infantibus,

    mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

    inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

    Juv. 4, 106. —
    * (β).
    With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    improbo Iracundior Hadria,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

    Verg. A. 10, 727:

    perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

    shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

    oris improbi homo,

    Suet. Gramm. 15:

    divitiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

    improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

    Mart. 8, 24, 2:

    satureia,

    exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

    ingenio improbo,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

    facta,

    id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

    dicta,

    licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

    verba,

    id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 2, 441:

    legis improbissimae poena,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    testamentum,

    illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

    mala et improba defensio,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    101: amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

    improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

    Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    improba ventris rabies,

    Verg. A. 2, 356:

    quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

    Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

    improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).
    1.
    Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

    ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

    Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

    de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

    i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

    Chilones improbius labrati,

    Charis. p. 78 P. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

    multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

    facere aliquid,

    Quint. 1, 3, 13:

    quibus improbe datum est,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

    id. Sull. 10, 30:

    praeda improbe parta,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    aliquid petere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95:

    non improbe litigabunt,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

    incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

    so with indocte,

    id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

    estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

    decerpere oscula,

    Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

    quas (res) improbissime fecit,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

    respondere,

    id. Pis. 6, 13.

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  • 4 inprobus

    imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

    mostly post-Aug.): merces,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

    opera araneorum et textura inproba,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

    panis,

    Mart. 10, 5, 5:

    improbiores postes,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—
    B.
    Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

    genua,

    Col. 6, 1, 3:

    arva,

    Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

    Chilones a labris improbioribus,

    Charis. p. 78 P.:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    tegmina plantae,

    Val. Fl. 6, 702:

    improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

    Mart. 12, 18, 13:

    villus barbarum in capris,

    Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

    reptatus (vitium),

    id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

    imber improbior,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—
    II.
    Transf., of mind and character.
    A.
    Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

    pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

    Verg. G. 1, 146:

    tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

    id. ib. 1, 388:

    quatit improbus hastam,

    id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—
    B.
    Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).
    1.
    Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

    qui improbi essent et scelesti,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

    nequam et improbus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

    illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

    populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    cum in me tam improbus fuit,

    id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

    ab ingenio est improbus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

    ut alias res est impense improbus,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

    anus,

    id. S. 2, 5, 84:

    cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

    Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

    (anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

    voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    lupus,

    id. A. 9, 62:

    Jovis ales,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    annis,

    by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

    Fortuna arridens infantibus,

    mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

    inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

    Juv. 4, 106. —
    * (β).
    With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    improbo Iracundior Hadria,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

    Verg. A. 10, 727:

    perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

    shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

    oris improbi homo,

    Suet. Gramm. 15:

    divitiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

    improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

    Mart. 8, 24, 2:

    satureia,

    exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

    ingenio improbo,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

    facta,

    id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

    dicta,

    licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

    verba,

    id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 2, 441:

    legis improbissimae poena,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    testamentum,

    illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

    mala et improba defensio,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    101: amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

    improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

    Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    improba ventris rabies,

    Verg. A. 2, 356:

    quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

    Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

    improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).
    1.
    Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

    ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

    Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

    de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

    i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

    Chilones improbius labrati,

    Charis. p. 78 P. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

    multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

    facere aliquid,

    Quint. 1, 3, 13:

    quibus improbe datum est,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

    id. Sull. 10, 30:

    praeda improbe parta,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    aliquid petere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95:

    non improbe litigabunt,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

    incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

    so with indocte,

    id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

    estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

    decerpere oscula,

    Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

    quas (res) improbissime fecit,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

    respondere,

    id. Pis. 6, 13.

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  • 5 canis

        canis is, m and f    [2 CAV-], a dog: ater alienus, T.: acer, H.: canes venatici: obscena, shameless, V.: Echidnea, i. e. Cerberus, O.: caeruleis canibus resonantia saxa, the barking mouths ( of Scylla), V.: Infernae canes, the dogs of Hecate, H. — Sing collect.: trudit multā cane Apros, a pack, H.—Provv.: cane peius et angui vitare aliquid, H.: canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, will never be frightened from the greasy hide, H.: canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, his bark is worse than his bite, Cu.—Fig., a term of reproach, dog, T.; of a backbiter, H.; of a miser, H.; of parasites: multa canibus suis (opus esse).—Meton., the constellation, the Dog (canis maior, or Sirius; and canis minor, or Procyon): adverso cedens Canis occidit astro, i. e. goes down backwards, V.—In play, the worst throw (of dice), dog-throw (opp. Venus), O., Pr.
    * * *
    dog; hound; subordinate; "jackal"; dog-star/fish; lowest dice throw; clamp

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  • 6 cinaedus

        cinaedus ī, m, κίναιδοσ, one who practises unnatural lust, Iu., Ct.—adj. with comp, wanton, unchaste: cinaediorem, Ct.
    * * *
    I
    cinaeda -um, cinaedior -or -us, cinaedissimus -a -um ADJ
    resembling/like/typical of a cinaedus/sodomite; unchaste; impudent, shameless
    II III
    sodomite; catamite; effeminate man; man who performs a lewd dance; pervert

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  • 7 cōnfīdēns

        cōnfīdēns entis, adj. with sup.    [P. of confido], bold, daring, confident: senex, T.—Shameless, audacious, impudent: Homo, T.: tumidusque, H.: astutia: iuvenum confidentissime, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), confidentis ADJ
    assured/confident; bold/daring/undaunted; overconfident, presumptuous; trusting

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  • 8 dūrus

        dūrus adj.    with comp. and sup, hard (to the touch): silex, V.: ferrum, H.: bipennes, H.: cutis, O.: corpus, impenetrable, O.: dumeta, i. e. rough, O.: gallina, tough, H.—As subst n.: nil extra est in nuce duri, no shell, H.—Hard, harsh, of a taste: sapor Bacchi, V. — Of a sound, C. — Fig., rough, rude, uncultivated: oratione et moribus: poëta durissimus: durior ad haec studia: virtus, Ta.: gens duro robore nata, V.: componere versūs, H. — Hardy, vigorous, rough: Spartiatae: in armis genus, L.: vindemiator, H.: ilia messorum, H.: iuvenci, O. — Harsh, rough, stern, unyielding, unfeeling, pitiless, insensible, obstinate: pater, T.: se durum agrestemque praebere: durior Diogenes: iudex durior: duri hominis vel potius vix hominis videtur: nos dura aetas, H.: ōs, shameless, impudent, T.: ore durissimo esse: ferrum, cruel, V.: aures, V.: flectere (me) Mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.—Of things, hard, severe, toilsome, oppressive, distressing, burdensome, adverse: provincia, T.: fortuna: hiemps: venatus, O.: durissimo tempore anni, inclement, Cs.: valetudo, H.: dolores, V.: iter, V.: proelia, V.: Durum: sed levius fit patientiā, etc., H.: hi, si quid erat durius, concurrebant, a difficulty, Cs.: si nihil esset durius, Cs.— Plur n. as subst, hardships, difficulties: Siccis omnia dura deus proposuit, H.: multa, V.: ego dura tuli, O.
    * * *
    dura -um, durior -or -us, durissimus -a -um ADJ
    hard, stern; harsh, rough, vigorous; cruel, unfeeling, inflexible; durable

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  • 9 ferreus

        ferreus adj.    [ferrum], made of iron, iron: clavi, Cs.: manūs, Cs.: anulus, Ta.: imber, V.: ager, i. e. glistening with weapons, V.—Fig., hard, unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruel: virtus: quis tam fuit ferreus?: praecordia, O.: ōs, shameless: proles, i. e. the iron age, C. poët.— Firm, fixed, rigid, unyielding, immovable: in patientiā laboris corpus, L.: vox, V.: iura, V.: Somnus, i. e. death, V. decreta Sororum, O.
    * * *
    ferrea, ferreum ADJ
    iron, made of iron; cruel, unyielding; (blue)

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  • 10 frōns

        frōns frontis, f    the forehead, brow, front: frontem contrahere, to knit: Exporge frontem, T.: explicare, H.: ut frontem ferias, smile: ferro inter tempora frontem Dividit, V.: tenuis, a low forehead, H.: (bovis) a mediā fronte, etc., Cs.: ovis, O.: frons turgida cornibus, H.—The brow, front, countenance, expression, face, look: ex voltu et fronte amorem perspicere: verissimā fronte dicere, truthful: reliquiae pristinae frontis: laeta, V.: urbana, H.: durior, shameless, Iu.: salvā fronte, without shame, Iu.: tabella quae frontīs aperit hominum, mentīs tegit.—The forepart, front, façade, van, face: castrorum, Cs.: ianuae, O.: tabernae, Ct.: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: cohortīs, S.: unā fronte castra muniunt, only in front, Cs.: recta, the centre (of an army), L.: prima, L.: dextra, Ta.: aequā fronte ad pugnam procedebat, L.: Mille pedes in fronte, breadth, H.: inpulsa frons prima, vanguard, L.: superasse tantum itineris pulchrum ac decorum in frontem, i. e. favorable for an advance, Ta.: Fronte sub adversā scopulis pendentibus antrum, V.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur, in front: a fronte atque ab utroque latere, Cs.: frontes geminae, i. e. the ends (of a rolled manuscript), Tb., O.: nigra, O.—Fig., the outside, exterior, external quality, appearance: Scauro studet, sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur: decipit Frons prima multos, Ph.
    * * *
    I
    foliage, leaves, leafy branch, green bough, frond
    II
    forehead, brow; face; look; front; fore part of anything

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  • 11 immodestus (in-m-)

        immodestus (in-m-) adj.,    unrestrained, excessive, shameless: in vino, T.: genus iocandi.

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  • 12 impius (in-p-)

        impius (in-p-) adj., of persons, irreverent, ungodly, undutiful, unpatriotic, abandoned, wicked, impious: impium se esse fateri: Danaides, H.: miles, V.—As subst: has esse in impios poenas: numero impiorum haberi, Cs.—Of things, wicked, shameless, impious: bellum: coniuratio: facinus, S.: cervix, H.: caedes, H.: furor, V.: verba in deos, Tb.: venenum, deadly, O.: Tartara, V.

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  • 13 impudēns (in-p-)

        impudēns (in-p-) entis, adj.    with comp. and sup, without shame, shameless, impudent: pudens impudentem (fraudat): quis impudentior?: Impudens liqui patrios Penates, H.: audacia, T.: largitio, S.: furtum: impudentissimae litterae.

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  • 14 impudīcus (in-p-)

        impudīcus (in-p-) adj.    with sup, shameless, impudent, without modesty: omnes impuri impudicique: et consul et impudicissimus: mulieres.

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  • 15 in-verēcundus

        in-verēcundus adj.,    without shame, unreserved, shameless, immodest: deus, i. e. Bacchus, H.: animi ingenium, Poët. ap. C.

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  • 16 procus

        procus ī （ gen plur. procūm, C.), m    [PREC-], a wooer, suitor: natam nulli veterum sociare procorum, V.: Penelope difficilis procis, H.: forma Multorum fuit spes procorum Illa, O.: impudentes proci, i. e. shameless canvassers.
    * * *
    wooer, gigolo. suitor; canvasser; noble

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  • 17 sub-impudēns

        sub-impudēns entis, adj.,     somewhat shameless.

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  • 18 adtritus

    I
    adtrita -um, adtritior -or -us, adtritissimus -a -um ADJ
    worn, worn down by use; smoothed; hardened, brazen; thin (style), attenuated; rubbed (off/away), wasted; bruised; shameless, impudent, brazen
    II
    action/process of rubbing/grinding; friction; chafing, abrasion, bruising

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  • 19 arietillus

    arietilla, arietillum ADJ
    like a ram, shameless; a variety of chick-pea

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  • 20 attritus

    I
    attrita -um, attritior -or -us, attritissimus -a -um ADJ
    worn, worn down by use; smoothed; hardened, brazen; thin (style), attenuated; rubbed (off/away), wasted; bruised; shameless, impudent, brazen
    II
    action/process of rubbing/grinding; friction; chafing, abrasion, bruising

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