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