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
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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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..."