foedissimum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...tantum recipiendum sit, quantum ultro refertur; decoquere uero foedissimum ob hoc ipsum, quia non opus est ad liberandam..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...contracta etiam cervicula. Quidquid horum alter fecisset, foedissimum videretur. Quare norit se quisque, nec tantum ex communibus praeceptis..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nemo recusabat". LXXII. Versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est totum, sed etiam in parte deforme, utique..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...officio vident, de sententia legati statuunt tempus, quo foedissimum quemque et seditioni promptum ferro invadant. tunc signo inter..."