sordentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sordeo, sordere, sordui, sorditus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be dirty/soiled; seem mean/unworthy/not good enough/common/coarse/vile/ignoble;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...verba nova, incognita, inaudita dicere quam involgata et sordentia. II. Nova autem videri dico etiam ea, quae sunt..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...obducunt pectora fractis, et galeas humiles et adhuc sordentia tabo spicula: non pharetris quisquam, non ense decorus..."