obscene
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obscenus, obscena -um, obscenior -or -us, obscenissimus -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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →obscenus, obsceni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person;
voc. sg. - Entry →obscene, obscenius, obscenissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
obscenely, so as to involve obscenity (of language), indecently, lewdly;
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...longe maiore nisu clamavit: "Non taces, inquit, gladiator obscene, quem de ruina harena dimisit? Non taces, nocturne percussor..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...scripto modo id accidit, sed etiam sensu plerique obscene intellegere, nisi caveris, cupiunt (ut apud Ovidium "quaeque latent..."
