foedavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...deformis moras sectis novacula faucibus infamem vitam foedavit etiam exitu sero et inhonesto. Per idem tempus expostulata..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Helvidium in carcerem manus; nos Maurici Rusticique visus [foedavit]; nos innocenti sanguine Senecio perfudit. Nero tamen subtraxit oculos..."