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
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..."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..."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..."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..."
