obsceno
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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →obscenus, obsceni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - 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.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Bellonae matrisque deum chorus intrat et ingens semiuir, obsceno facies reuerenda minori, mollia qui rapta secuit genitalia testa..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pauper Telesinus amicos, errabat gelida sordidus in togula: obscenos ex quo coepit curare cinaedos, argentum, mensas, praedia solus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...seruatus deinde quam illi gratiam referam? uiuam cum obsceno? non uiuam cum redemptore? Quid ergo placeat, dicam: etiam..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vehementer excandui, tam severa tristitia violari aures meas obsceno sermone nolui, ut me mater praecipue tanquam unum..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ista tua est, Cinyra" devotaque corpora iunxit. accipit obsceno genitor sua viscera lecto virgineosque metus levat hortaturque timentem..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...initiatos iuuenes milites faciendos censetis, Quirites? his ex obsceno sacrario eductis arma committenda? hi cooperti stupris suis alienisque..."
