obscene, obscenius, obscenissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
obscenely, so as to involve obscenity (of language), indecently, lewdly;
Inflections
positive
obscene, obscenius, obscenissime
comparative
obscene
superlative
obscene
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...longe maiore nisu clamavit: "Non taces, inquit, gladiator obscene, quem de ruina harena dimisit? Non taces, nocturne percussor..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...scripto modo id accidit, sed etiam sensu plerique obscene intellegere, nisi caveris, cupiunt (ut apud Ovidium "quaeque latent..."