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  • 1 sordes

    sordes, is (abl. sordi, Lucr. 6, 1271; usu. sorde), f. [sordeo], dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense, and in plur.; syn.: situs, squalor, caenum, illuvies).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    pleni sordium,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 104 sq.:

    in sordibus aurium inhaerescere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

    sint sine sordibus ungues,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 519:

    caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 7; Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    etiam in medio oculo paulum sordi'st,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 102:

    auriculae collectā sorde dolentes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 53:

    (pellis) Ulceribus tetris prope jam sordique sepultā,

    Lucr. 6, 1271.—
    B.
    Transf., plur., a mourning garment (because usu. soiled or dirty); and hence, mourning in gen. (syn. squalor):

    jacere in lacrimis et sordibus,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2; cf.:

    in sordibus, lamentis, luctuque jacuisti,

    id. Pis. 36, 89:

    mater squalore hujus et sordibus laetatur,

    id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86:

    sordes lugubres vobis erant jucundae,

    id. Dom. 23, 59; Liv. 6, 16 fin.; Quint. 6, 1, 33; Suet. Vit. 8:

    suscipere sordes,

    Tac. A. 4, 52; id. Or. 12; Val. Max. 7, 8, 7.—
    II.
    Trop., lowness or meanness of rank, a low condition; meanness, baseness of behavior or disposition (syn. illiberalitas).
    A.
    In gen.:

    sordes fortunae et vitae,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 224:

    obscuritas et sordes tuae,

    id. Vatin. 5, 11; id. Sest. 28, 60:

    ut quisque sordidissimus videbitur, ita libentissime severitate judicandi sordes suas eluet,

    id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    nulla nota, nullus color, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis allini posse,

    id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

    in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Liv. 4, 56:

    sordes illae verborum,

    low, vulgar expressions, Tac. Or. 21:

    propter maternas sordes,

    low origin, Just. 13, 2, 11:

    pristinarum sordium oblitus,

    id. 25, 1, 9; cf. id. 18, 7, 11.—
    2.
    Concr., the dregs of the people, the mob, rabble (syn. faex):

    apud sordem urbis et faecem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11; so (with caenum) Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 3:

    sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium,

    Tac. H. 1, 84.—Hence, as a term of abuse:

    o lutum, o sordes!

    low-minded creature, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—
    B.
    In partic., meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness (cf.: parcimonia, avaritia).
    (α).
    Plur.:

    (populus Romanus) non amat profusas epulas, sordes et inhumanitatem multo minus,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 76; so (opp. luxuria) Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 7:

    damnatus sordium,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 4:

    incusare alicujus sordes,

    Quint. 6, 3, 74:

    sordes obicere alicui,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 and 107:

    sepulcrum sine sordibus exstrue,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 105:

    cogit minimas ediscere sordes,

    the meanest tricks, Juv. 14 124; 1, 140.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    nullum hujus in privatis rebus factum avarum, nullam in re familiari sordem posse proferri,

    Cic. Fl. 3, 7; so (with avaritia) Tac. H. 1, 52; 1, 60:

    extremae avaritiae et sordis infimae infamis,

    App. M. 1, p. 112, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sordes

  • 2 (sordēs, is)

       (sordēs, is) sing. only acc. and abl., and sordēs, ium (as plur. tantum), f    dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor: in sordibus aurium inhaerescere: Auriculae contectā sorde dolentes, H.—Soiled clothing as a mourning garb, mourning: iacere in lacrimis et sordibus: insignis sordibus turba, L.—Fig., lowness, meanness of rank, low condition, humiliation, vileness, baseness: fortunae et vitae: emergere ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus: in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus.—Of persons, the dregs of the people, rabble: urbis: o lutum, sordes! vile creature!—Meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness: amare sordes et inhumanitatem: sordes obicere mihi, H.: cogit minimas ediscere sordes, the meanest tricks, Iu.: nullam (huius) in re familiari sordem posse proferri.

    Latin-English dictionary > (sordēs, is)

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