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
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..."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..."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..."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..."