foedissimis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foedus, foeda -um, foedior -or -us, foedissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foul; filthy, unclean; disgusting, loathsome, ghastly, beastly; hideous, ugly;; shameful/disgraceful; vile/infamous; coarse/low/base; indecent/obscene (words);; fearful/frightful/severe (storm); grievous; monstrous, horrible; abominable;; atrocious, beastly, shocking; repugnant to refined/civilized taste/feelings;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...feris mihi et animalibus quibusdam minimis, quibusdam etiam foedissimis commune est, noli tibi adserere, quod non ex tuis..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...finis qui videretur sponte sumptus. enimvero Tiberius foedissimis criminationibus exarsit, impudicitiam arguens et Asinium Gallum adulterum, eiusque morte..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...valde vacat Romae aut commodum est audire recitantem -, foedissimis insuper tempestatibus per biduum convenerunt, cumque modestia mea finem..."