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
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SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...longe maiore nisu clamavit: "Non taces, inquit, gladiator obscene, quem de ruina harena dimisit? Non taces, nocturne percussor..." - M
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..."
