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..."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..."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..."