obscaenum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obscaenus, obscaena -um, obscaenior -or -us, obscaenissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
repulsive, detestable; foul; indecent, obscene, lewd; (sexual/excretory things);; inauspicious/unpropitious; ill-omened/boding ill; filthy, polluted, disgusting;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →obscaenus, obscaeni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →obscaenum, obscaeni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
private parts (pl.), external sexual/excretory organs; excrement (L+S); urine;; foul/indecent/obscene/lewd language/utterances/behavior (pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...iunxerit unaet semel amplexus incesto pectore passushauserit obscaenum titulo pietatis amorem,meque tuumque caput per singula forsitan illioscula..." - G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...novas confirmavit quam mulae partus, ceterisque ut obscaenum ostentum abhorrentibus, solus pro laetissimo accepit memor sacrificii dictique..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...agenti gratias osculandam manum offerre formatam commotamque in obscaenum modum. Futurae caedis multa prodigia exstiterunt. Olympiae simulacrum Iovis..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Maltinus tunicis demissis ambulat, est qui inguen ad obscaenum subductis usque; facetus pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum..."
