foedus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foedus, foederis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
treaty, league, formal agreement (between states), alliance; P:peace, amity;; contract, compact; promise, undertaking; marriage bond; other sexual unions;; bond/tie (friendship/kinship/hospitality); law/limit (imposed by nature/fate);
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...simul. *** 1059-1060 praeoccupabo atque anteveniam et foedus feriam. me moror. sed quid hoc est, quod foris concrepuit..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...servos Sosia. MERC. Etiam denuo? SOS. Pacem feci, foedus feci. vera dico. MERC. Vapula. SOS. Vt libet quid..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pignore, Caesar, emimus; hoc tecum percussum est sanguine foedus. accipe regna Phari nullo quaesita cruore, accipe Niliaci..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...post funera nostraultorem cinerum nudae sperauimus umbrae,ad foedus pacemque uenis?" tum plurima cladis 435occurrent monimenta tibi: quae..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...verbum significat quinquiens ante eos fecisse contra foedus et tum sextum. XI. Graeci quoque in significandis huiuscemodi rerum..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...satietate in obliuionem clementiae uenit et omne foedus humanum eiecit animo, nouissime in crudelitatem transit; rident itaque gaudentque..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...concordia, nec terrore sed mutuo amore in foedus auxiliumque commune constringitur. VI. 1. 'Quid ergo? non aliquando castigatio..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc ab ero ad erum meum maiorem venio foedus commemoratum. aperite, aperite, heus, Simoni me adesse aliquis nuntiate..."
