obscenum, obsceni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
private parts (pl.), external sexual/excretory organs; excrements (L+S); urine;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscenum | obscena |
| Gen. | obsceni | obscenorum |
| Dat. | obsceno | obscenis |
| Acc. | obscenum | obscena |
| Voc. | obscenum | obscena |
| Abl. | obsceno | obscenis |
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...constent. in quacumque domo uiuit luditque professus Ox1 obscenum, tremula promittit et omnia dextra, Ox2 inuenies omnis turpes..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fungi servili et contumelioso ministerio (adferre enim vas obscenum iubebatur), inlisum parieti caput rupit. Tam prope libertas..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...stando deforme est et accedente motu prope obscenum. Procursio oportuna brevis moderata rara conveniet: CXXVI. iam et ambulatio..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod cacemphaton vocatur: XLV. sive mala consuetudine in obscenum intellectum sermo detortus est, ut "ductare exercitus" et "patrare..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aris, (horrendum dictu) latices nigrescere sacros fusaque in obscenum se vertere vina cruorem; hoc visum nulli, non ipsi..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...indue cum tunicis metuentem crimina vultum, et pudor obscenum diffiteatur opus; da populo, da verba mihi; sine nescius..."