foedant
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);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dextera maximo cum clamore involant impetu alacri, foedant et proterunt hostium copias iure iniustas. MERC. Numquam etiam quicquam..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...magnis quatiunt clangoribus alas, diripiuntque dapes contactuque omnia foedant immundo; tum vox taetrum dira inter odorem. rursum..."
