profanus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →profanus, profana, profanum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
secular, profane; not initiated; impious;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uocatus, stabit? an in pugnas alium iubet ire profanus Tiresias iterumque meos oracula nectit in gemitus? quid enim..."- P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sortes, ad Clarium parat ire deum; nam templa profanus invia cum Phlegyis faciebat Delphica Phorbas. consilii tamen ante..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...faces de funere raptas, Eumenides stravere torum, tectoque profanus incubuit bubo thalamique in culmine sedit. hac ave coniuncti..."