taeter
Dictionary entries
- Entry →taeter, taetra, taetrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
foul, offensive;, ugly; disgraceful; black, blackish (Souter);
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uiro ut cito testiculos et acuta falce secaret, taeter ut inmundae carnis abiret odor. Ipse super uirides aras..."- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Praeterea olei quoque et omnis unguenti taeter post fulmen odor est ; ex quo apparet inesse quandam subtifissimo igni..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...colitque. 3. Nihil ergo habet in se utile taeter iste et hostilis adfectus, at omnia ex contrario mala..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arrexit et haeret visceribus super incumbens; lavit improba taeter ora cruor— sic ruit in densos alacer Mezentius hostis..."