obsceni
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →obscenus, obsceni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →obscenum, obsceni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
private parts (pl.), external sexual/excretory organs; excrements (L+S); urine;; foul/indecent/obscene/lewd language/utterances/behavior (pl.);
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...pomerium protulerunt, montem istum excluserunt quasi avibus obscenis ominosum". VII. Sed de Aventino monte praetermittendum non putavi, quod..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...stans fornice mancipium quibus abstinet, ille fruatur uocibus obscenis omnique libidinis arte, qui Lacedaemonium pytismate lubricat orbem; namque..." - D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...nulla fides; quis enim non uicus abundat tristibus obscenis? castigas turpia, cum sis inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quis pallorem et lacrimas procidentis et inritationem umoris obsceni altumue suspirium et oculos subito acriores aut quid..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...Maro conuiuas testaretur admotam esse imaginem obscenis et iam subscriptionem conponeret, ostendit in manu sua seruus anulum..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...VIII. nostras amicas, nostros concubinos vident; omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit, pudenda dictu spectantur. Fit ex his consuetudo..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...tuis cum disseras, multa sunt audienda etiam de obscenis voluptatibus, de quibus ab Epicuro saepissime dicitur..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...choreas; inprobat has pastor saltuque imitatus agresti addidit obscenis convicia rustica dictis, nec prius os tacuit, quam guttura..."
