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
- D
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."