foedans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foedo, foedare, foedavi, foedatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
defile; pollute; soil, stain, make filthy/unclean; contaminate; corrupt;; disgrace/dishonor; bring shame, discredit; sully/besmirch (person/reputation);; disfigure, mar, spoil appearance/brightness/clearness/purity of; darken, dim;; make (punishment) horrible/barbarous; mangle/hack/mutilate, ravage (land);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...infelix crinis scindit Iuturna solutos unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis: 'quid nunc te tua, Turne, potest..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...figi. ducitur infelix aevo confectus Acoetes, pectora nunc foedans pugnis, nunc unguibus ora, sternitur et toto proiectus corpore..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...audiit exanimis trepidoque exterrita cursu unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis per medios ruit, ac morientem nomine..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...expromam mente querellas, canitiem terra atque infuso puluere foedans, inde infecta vago suspendam lintea malo, nostros ut luctus..."