foedat
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...matres Calydonides Eueninae; pulvere canitiem genitor vultusque seniles foedat humi fusus spatiosumque increpat aevum. nam de matre manus..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...crura admissa iubasque volvitur et calido tellurem sanguine foedat. Phaedimus infelix et aviti nominis heres Tantalus, ut solito..."
