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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=surdus surda, surdum ADJ :: deaf, unresponsive to what is said; falling on deaf ears; muffled, muted
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>surdus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. svar, [[heavy]]; svaras, [[weight]]; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, [[weight]],<br /><b>I</b> [[deaf]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ne mi ut surdo verbera [[auris]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12: si [[surdus]] [[sit]], varietates vocum noscere possit? Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: [[utinam]] aut hic [[surdus]] aut haec muta facta [[sit]], Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.—Sup., [[stone]]-[[deaf]], Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., [[preach]] to [[deaf]] ears, [[talk]] to the [[wind]]: nae [[ille]] [[haud]] scit, [[quam]] mihi [[nunc]] surdo narret fabulam, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10: cantabant surdo, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.: non canimus surdis, Verg. E. 10, 8; and: quae (praecepta) [[vereor]], ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim, Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2: narrare asello Fabellam surdo, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.: suadere surdis, [[quid]] [[sit]] [[opus]] [[facto]], Lucr. 5, 1050.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Deaf to [[any]] [[thing]], i. e. not listening, [[unwilling]] to [[hear]], [[inattentive]], [[regardless]], [[insensible]], [[inexorable]]; also, not [[understanding]], not apprehending: orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so, aures, Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13: non [[surdus]] judex, Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15): ad mea munera [[surdus]], Ov. H. 7, 27: per [[numquam]] surdos in tua vota deos, id. P. 2, 8, 28: surdae ad omnia solacia aures, Liv. 9, 7, 3: surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures, Tac. H. 3, 67 init.: [[surdus]] [[adversus]] aliquid, Aug. Serm. 50, 13: [[surdus]] [[sum]], I [[will]] not [[hear]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24: surdas clamare ad undas, Ov. A. A. 1, 531: litora, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, [[poet]]. transf.: vota, i. e. to [[which]] the gods are [[deaf]], to [[which]] [[they]] [[will]] not [[hearken]], Pers. 6, 28: surdaeque adhibent solatia menti, Ov. M. 9, 654: tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6: leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse, Liv. 2, 3: surda [[tellus]], not [[susceptible]] of [[cultivation]], Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21: [[surdus]] timori, not [[capable]] of [[fear]], Sil. 11, 354: tuis lacrimis, Mart. 10, 13, 8: in alicujus sermone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.—Comp.: scopulis surdior Icari Voces [[audit]] [[adhuc]] [[integer]] (i. e. [[castus]]), Hor. C. 3, 7, 21: surdior [[illa]] freto surgente, Ov. M. 14, 711: surdior aequoribus, id. ib. 13, 804: non saxa surdiora navitis, Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: [[Mars]] [[genitor]], votorum [[haud]] [[surde]] meorum, Sil. 10, 554: pactorum, id. 1, 692: veritatis, Col. 3, 10, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of things [[that]] [[give]] [[out]] a [[dull]], [[indistinct]] [[sound]], [[dull]]-[[sounding]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[theatrum]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.: [[locus]], Vitr. 3, 3: loca, Sen. Herc. Fur. 576: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 32: surdum quiddam et [[barbarum]], id. 12, 10, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Pass., [[that]] is not [[heard]], [[noiseless]], [[silent]], [[still]], [[mute]], [[dumb]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[lyra]], Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58: [[buccina]], Juv. 7, 71: plectra, Stat. S. 1, 4, 19: non erit officii [[gratia]] surda tui, [[unsung]], Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf. [[fama]], Sil. 6, 75: surdum et ignobile [[opus]], Stat. Th. 4, 359: [[nomen]] parentum, Sil. 8, 248: herbae, Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5: quos diri conscia facti [[mens]] surdo verbere caedit, [[secret]], Juv. 13, 194: [[ictus]], Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of [[odor]], [[appearance]], [[meaning]], etc., [[faint]], [[dim]], [[dull]], [[indistinct]], [[stupid]]: spirant cinnama surdum, Pers. 6, 36: [[colos]], Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: [[hebes]] unitate surdā [[color]], id. 37, 5, 20, § 76: [[discrimen]] figurarum, id. 35, 2, 2, § 4: [[materia]], id. 13, 15, 30, § 98: res surdae ac sensu carentes, id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, [[faintly]], [[imperfectly]], [[indistinctly]]: [[surde]] audire, Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>surdus</b>,¹⁰ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> qui n’entend pas, sourd : Cic. Tusc. 5, 117 ; Div. 2, 9 &#124;&#124; surdissimus Capel. 9, 926 ; Aug. Ep. 26, 4 &#124;&#124; [expr. proverbiales] : [[surdo]] narrare fabulam Ter. Haut. 922, conter une histoire à un sourd [perdre son temps] ; canere surdis Virg. B. 10, 8, chanter pour des sourds, cf. Prop. 4, 8, 47 ; [[haud]] surdis auribus dicta Liv. 3, 70, 7, ce ne furent pas des paroles pour des sourds, cf. Liv. 40, 8, 10 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 199<br /><b>2</b> qui ne veut pas entendre, sourd, insensible : surdæ ad [[omnia]] solacia aures Liv. 9, 7, 3, oreilles sourdes à toutes consolations, cf. Tac. H. 3, 67 ; surdi in vota [[dii]] Ov. P. 2, 8, 28, dieux sourds aux vœux, aux prières ; lacrimis [[surdus]] Mart. 10, 13, 8, sourd aux larmes ; scopulis surdior Icari Hor. O. 3, 7, 21, [[plus]] sourd, [[plus]] insensible que les rochers d’Icare &#124;&#124; votorum [[surdus]] Sil. 10, 554, sourd aux vœux, cf. Sil. 1, 692 ; Col. Rust. 3, 10, 18<br /><b>3</b> qui n’[[est]] pas [[sonore]], qui n’a pas de retentissement : surdum [[theatrum]] [[Varro]] L. 9, 58, théâtre où la voix [[est]] assourdie &#124;&#124; [[vox]] surda Quint. 11, 3, 32, voix sourde, cf. Quint. 12, 10, 28<br /><b>4</b> assourdi, faible, peu perceptible, terne : Pers. 6, 36 ; Plin. 37, 67, etc. &#124;&#124; muet, silencieux : Prop. 4, 5, 58 ; Juv. 7, 71 &#124;&#124; inconnu, ignoré : Stat. Th. 4, 359 ; Sil. 6, 75 ; 8, 248 ; Plin. 22, 5 ; Juv. 13, 194.
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{{Georges
|georg=surdus, a, um ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[sordeo]]), [[taub]], I) eig., Cic. u.a. – Superl. = [[stocktaub]], Augustin. epist. 26, 4. Mart. Cap. 9. § 926. – Sprichw., [[surdo]] narrare fabulam, tauben Ohren [[predigen]], Ter. heaut. 222: [[ebenso]] cantare [[surdo]] [[oder]] canere surdis, Prop. 4, 8, 47. Verg. ecl. 10, 8: u. (praecepta) vana surdis auribus canere, Liv. 40, 8, 10: [[haud]] surdis auribus dicta, Liv. 3, 70, 7: narrare asello fabellam [[surdo]] ([[gebildet]] [[nach]] dem griech. ονῳ [[τις]] ελεγε μῦθον, ὁ δὲ τὰ [[ὦτα]] εκίνει), Hor. ep. 2, 1, 199 sq.; vgl. suadere surdis, [[quid]] sit [[opus]] [[facto]], Lucr. 5, 1050. – II) übtr.: A) aktiv: 1) [[taub]], a) [[von]] dem, der [[nicht]] hört [[oder]] [[nicht]] [[hören]] will, [[taub]], [[unempfindlich]], [[homo]], Plaut.: [[mens]], Ov.: leges rem surdam [[esse]], Liv.: surdae ad [[omnia]] solacia aures, Liv. (vgl. [[sed]] surdae ad [[omnia]] aures concitatae multitudinis erant, Liv.): [[apud]] surdas aures, Curt.: [[surdus]] ad munera, Ov.: surdi in vota di, Ov.: surdi votis dei, Ps. Quint. decl.: u. dav. poet. übtr., surda vota, [[gegen]] die die Götter [[taub]] sind, Ov.: [[natura]] illorum est surda suadenti, Sen.: [[ianua]] surda lacrimis, Mart.: surdior freto, Ov.: [[tellus]], [[unempfänglich]] [[für]] [[Kultur]], Plin. – m. Genet., veritatis, Colum.: pactorum, Sil. – b) [[für]] [[etwas]] [[taub]] = [[etwas]] [[nicht]] verstehend, in horum sermone surdi, Cic. Tusc. 5, 116. – 2) dumpftönend, [[dumpf]], [[theatrum]], [[mit]] schlechter Akustik, [[Varro]] LL. 9, 38. § 58: so [[auch]] [[locus]], vom [[Theater]], Vitr. 5, 3, 5: dah. surda [[loca]], [[von]] der [[Unterwelt]], Sen. Herc. [[fur]]. 576 (580). – surdum quiddam et [[barbarum]], Quint. 12, 10, 28. – 3) [[schwach]], [[stumpf]], [[unmerklich]] [[für]] den [[Geruch]], das [[Gesicht]] usw., cinnama spirant surdum, [[duften]] [[schwach]], Pers.: [[color]], Plin.: [[materia]], Plin. – [[res]] surdae (taube = leblose) et sensu carentes, Plin. – B) [[passiv]] = der [[nicht]] gehört wird, [[lautlos]], [[still]], [[lyra]], Prop.: [[ictus]], Plin.: [[gratia]], der [[verschwiegen]] wird, Ov.: dah. [[wovon]] [[man]] [[nichts]] hört, [[unbekannt]], [[unberühmt]], [[herba]], Plin.: [[nomen]], Sil.: [[castra]] in [[aeterno]] surda iacēre situ, daß das besungene [[Lager]] [[lautlos]] in [[Vergessenheit]] daliege, Prop.
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