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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...longe maiore nisu clamavit: "Non taces, inquit, gladiator obscene, quem de ruina harena dimisit? Non taces, nocturne percussor..." - M
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..."