foedissimos
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;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Furio, qui contempta sua senectute et auctoritate foedissimo cum eventu pugnasset, non solum in praesentia moderatum irae esse..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...meritum: Caesoninus vitiis protectus est, tamquam in illo foedissimo coetu passus muliebria. Interim Messalina Lucullianis in hortis prolatare..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ingenti paratu et ante illum diem insolito. laetum foedissimo cuique apud bonos invidiae fuit quod extructis in campo..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...denariorum probabatur, ipse praeterea accepisse sestertia decem milia foedissimo quidem titulo, nomine unguentarii, qui titulus a vita hominis..."